Bedouin - Definition from the NATIONALITY AND RACE topic - SOCIETY

Topic: NATIONALITY AND RACE

Date:	1400-1500
Language:	French
Origin:	bédouin, from Arabic bidwan, plural of badawi 'person who lives in the desert'

Bedouin
noun

Bed‧ou‧in

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also Bedu plural Bedouin or Bedouins [countable]

1SAN someone who belongs to an Arab tribe that traditionally lives in tents in the desert

2

the Bedouin

the people who belong to this tribe

—Bedouin adjective

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