Beduin

[ bed-oo-in, bed-win ]

noun

, plural Bed·u·ins, (especially collectively) Bed·u·in,

1. Bedouin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Beduin¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

An Eritrean, mistaken for an assailant during an Israeli Beduin gunman’s assault, also died after being shot by a security guard and kicked by angry crowd.

From The Guardian

The Beduin has been a bandit since the time of Abraham, for the simple reason that the desert does not support industrial life nor respond to industrial effort.

From Project Gutenberg

And in the interior of the country all the people are Beduins: in this country there is much wheat and plenty of meat and dates, grapes, and all other fruits which are in our parts.

From Project Gutenberg

The Beduins are little given to the chase, and seldom make war on the game birds and quadrupeds of the desert.

From Project Gutenberg

To keep out the glare and the heat he had hung oriental rugs under the skylight, propping them up on long poles, and their fringed ends hung down as in a Beduin's tent.

From Project Gutenberg