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Webster 1913 Edition


Semite

Sem′ite

,
Noun.
One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
[Written also
Shemite
.]

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Semite

Semite

See also: semite and sémite

English

Noun

Semite (plural Semites)

  1. A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.
  2. A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs and Aksumites.
  3. A descendant of any of these peoples.
  4. A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem.

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semite

semite

See also: Semite and sémite

Italian

Noun

semite f

  1. plural of semita

Adjective

semite

  1. feminine plural of semita