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Webster 1913 Edition
Arab
Ar′ab
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[Prob. ultimately fr. Heb.
arabah
a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab
, Heb. arabi
, arbi
, arbim
: cf. F. Arabe
, L. Arabs
, Gr. [GREEK].] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
Street Arab
, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl.
Tylor.
The ragged outcasts and
street Arabs
who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.