Hamite

[ ham-ahyt ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a descendant of Ham.
2. Sometimes Offensive. a member of any of various peoples of northern and eastern Africa, such as the ancient Egyptians and modern Berbers, especially those speaking any non-Semitic Afroasiatic language.

Hamite

/ ˈhæmaɪt /

noun

1. a member of a group of peoples of N Africa supposedly descended from Noah's son Ham (Genesis 5:32, 10:6), including the ancient Egyptians, the Berbers, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hamite¹

First recorded in 1635–45; Ham + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

One of these conspicuous public characters delights in making the assertion that the Hamite Ethiopian or Negro never amounted to anything, or possessed anything, never occupied an eminence, save to which the Semitic or white man had dragged or driven him up to.

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The Masai seem to be as much Nilotic Negro as Hamite.

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It is sufficient for present purposes that the term Hamite, using it as coextensive with Sergi’s Eastern Hamite, has a definite connotation.

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But since it was at best only "nearly" and not quite, it follows that the mixture of Hamite and Negro did, after all, work a debasement of the former.

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He looked like many a Hamite still to be seen in Northeastern Africa.

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