bedouin

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  1. One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.
  2. Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.

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  1. a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs

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  • One finds it among all orderly people It is the hatred that one feels for the bedouin, for the heretic, the philosopher, the solitary, the poet; and there is a fear in that hate. —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • He's a civilian, one of the bedouin who tend their sheep in that area. —  Window Into Palestine
  • Ceremonies take place under a romantic bedouin tent on the lawns with lush vines and a glistening dam accentuating an idyllic backdrop.
  • Kim blogs on a variety of subjects on her many blogs: Egypt, Restaurant Reviews, her alma mater, Mumbai & other stuff Currently she is in Egypt among the pyramids, bedouin & camels —  Desicritics
  • »Israeli forces kill pistol-wielding teenage bedouin girl —  The Daily Star > News Feed
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