semite

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites (synset 303127361)
    "Semite peoples"
    same as: semitic
Noun
  1. A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa (synset 109660898)
    is a type of: caucasian, white, white person - a Caucasian
    subtypes:
    • babylonian - an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
    • chaldaean, chaldean, chaldee - an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea
    • assyrian - an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
    • phoenician - a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.
    • arab, arabian - a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
    • aramaean, aramean - a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC
    • canaanite - a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites

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