Found 3 items, similar to Saracen.
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak)
Definition: saracen
saracens
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Saracen
Saracen
n 1: (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian
and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire
2: (when used broadly) any Arab
3: (historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Saracen
Saracen
\Sar"a*cen\, n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi,
pl. sharqi[=i]n, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Saracens' consound (Bot.), a kind of ragwort (
Senecio Saracenicus
), anciently used to heal wounds.
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