Saracen
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Saracen /ˈsarəs(ə)n/
▶noun
- 1 an Arab or Muslim, especially at the time of the Crusades.
- 2 a nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert at the time of the Roman Empire.
– derivatives
Saracenic adjective.
Saracenic adjective.
– origin ME, from OFr. sarrazin, via late L. from late Gk Sarakēnos, perh. from Arab. šarḳī ‘eastern’.
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