Beduin

American  

[bed-oo-in, bed-win] / ˈbɛd u ɪn, ˈbɛd wɪn /

noun

plural

Beduins,

plural

Beduin

1. Bedouin.

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Etymology

Origin of Beduin

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

It is true that the Beduin now range over the loamy plains and encamp among the marshes of Lake Hûleh, where in happier times their presence was unknown.

From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The Egyptian commissioners are vainly endeavouring to restore peace and order, like General Gordon in the Soudan, while Babylonians and Mitannians, Hittites and Beduin are assailing the distracted province.

From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The town is the capital of the Mudirieh of Sinai, and boasted a British resident and a force of Beduin police, but was abandoned with the rest of the province when Turkey declared war.

From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.

The wells of the desert go back to a great antiquity: where water is scarce its discovery is not easily forgotten, and the Beduin come with their flocks year after year to drink of it.

From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Kanmakan is the typical Arab Knight, gentle and valiant as Don Quixote Sabbáh is the Grazioso, a "Beduin" Sancho Panza.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir