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Saracen
Sar′a-cen
,Noun.
[L.
Saracenus
perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi
, pl. sharqiīn
, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa
to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin
. Cf. Sarcenet
, Sarrasin
, Sirocco
.] Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
Saracens’ consound
(Bot.)
, a kind of ragwort (
Senecio Saracenicus
), anciently used to heal wounds.