street arab : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: street arab	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for street arab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
street arab n (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets Synonym(s): street arab, gamin, throwaway
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Street \Street\ (str[emac]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[aemac]t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. --Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. --Milton. Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay. {The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. {Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab}, {Broker}, etc. {Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. Syn: See {Way}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. [?].] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. {Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor. The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. --Lond. Sat. Rev.