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SARACEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(historically) a Muslim who opposed the Crusades
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Saracen" is a kind of...):
Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)
Domain category:
history (the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Saracen" is a kind of...):
nomad (a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons)
Domain category:
history (the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(when used broadly) any Arab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Saracen" is a kind of...):
Arab; Arabian (a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa)
