Semite

/ˌsɛˈmaɪt/

Other forms: Semites

Definitions of Semite

1. adjective

   of or relating to people who speak Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic
   “Semite peoples”

   synonyms: Semitic
2. noun

   a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
   types:

   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

   Bahraini, Bahreini

   a native or inhabitant of Bahrain

   Palestinian, Palestinian Arab

   a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine

   Omani

   a native or inhabitant of Oman

   Katari, Qatari

   a native or inhabitant of Qatar

   Saudi, Saudi Arabian

   a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia

   Yemeni

   a native or inhabitant of Yemen

   Bedouin, Beduin

   a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs

   Saracen

   (when used broadly) any Arab

   Sumerian

   a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer

   type of:

   Caucasian, White, White person

   a member of the Caucasoid race