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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A specialist in the Arabic language or culture.
  • noun One who is favorably disposed toward Arab concerns and policies.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One versed in the Arabic language, or in Arabian literature or science.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics, or language.
  • noun historical One who followed the Arabic system of surgery.
  • noun politics One that wants to spread Arabic culture.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture

Etymologies

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Arab +‎ -ist

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