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Webster 1913 Edition
Bedouin
Bed′ou-in
,Noun.
[F.
bédouin
, OF. béduin
, fr. Ar. bedawī
rural, living in the desert, fr. badw
desert, fr. badā
to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life.] One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.
– Bed′ou-in-ism
, Noun.
Bed′ou-in
,Adj.
Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.