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English Dictionary: Bedouin by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bedouin
n
  1. a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs [syn: Bedouin, Beduin]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bedouin \Bed"ou*in\, n. [F. b[82]douin, OF. b[82]duin, fr. Ar.
      bedaw[c6] rural, living in the desert, fr. badw desert, fr.
      bad[be] 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}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bedouin \Bed"ou*in\, a.
      Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.
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