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Meaning of SEMITE

Pronunciation:  'semIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Near East and North Africa
  2. [adj]  of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite peoples"
 
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 Synonyms: Semitic
 
 See Also: Arab, Arabian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Caucasian, Chaldaean, Chaldean, Chaldee, Phoenician, White, white person

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sem"ite\, n.
One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
[Written also {Shemite}.]
 

 

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