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Bedouin (iou)



Bedouin noun & adjective. Also Beduin, bedouin, beduin. LME.
[Old French beduin (mod. bedouin) ult. (through medieval Latin beduini pl.) from Arab. badawi, pl. badawin (from badw desert, nomadic desert tribes): see -INE1. Cf. BEDU.]
A. noun.
An Arab of the desert. LME.
A person living a nomadic life; a Gypsy. M19.
b. adjective. Of the desert or Bedouins; nomadic, wandering. M19.