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Arab
1[ ar-uhb ]
noun
- a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East.
- a member of any Arabic-speaking people.
- Also called A·rab·ber [ey, -rab-er]. Sometimes Offensive. a street peddler.
- Archaic: Sometimes Offensive. street arab.
adjective
- of or relating to Arabs.
Arab.
2abbreviation for
- Arabia.
- Arabian.
- Arabic.
Arab
noun
- a member of a Semitic people originally inhabiting Arabia, who spread throughout the Middle East, N Africa, and Spain during the seventh and eighth centuries ad
- a lively intelligent breed of horse, mainly used for riding
- modifier of or relating to the Arabs
the Arab nations
Sensitive Note
Pronunciation Note
Other Words From
- anti-Arab adjective noun
- non-Arab noun adjective
- pro-Arab adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Arab1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Arab1
Example Sentences
This initiative had the support of all 22 members of the Arab League, which in and of itself is remarkable.
However, being of Arab heritage and Muslim, I'd really love to see an Arab or Muslim James Bond.
They saw how the Arab Spring spread and toppled leaders of state.
The town, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab, is so significant to ISIS that the group calls it Ayn al-Islam.
What Stewart admires are the “brave correspondents” who cover things like the Arab Spring.
Beneath its far-flung branches a syce was sitting in front of a finely-proportioned and unusually big Arab horse.
The Arab pricked his ears, swished his long and arched tail viciously, and showed the whites of his eyes.
As Nejdi, too, was showing signs of stiffness, Malcolm mounted one of the spare animals and led the Arab.
So extensive is the cultivation of the tobacco plant, that even the Arab cultivates it in the burning desert.
It is a favorite plant with the Arab, and his attention seems to be about equally divided between his tobacco and his camels.
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