See Also: Arab(dictionary)
arab-(medicine)
Arab(encyclopedia)
Arab(dictionary)
arab world(medicine)
Arab League, the(dictionary)
Shatt al-Arab(encyclopedia)
Arab League(encyclopedia)
Arab (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Arab Bank(finance)

Arab (iou)



Arab noun & adjective. In sense A.3 also arab. LME.
[French Arabe from Latin Arabs from Greek Araps, Arab- from Arab. arab.]
A. noun.
A member of the Semitic people orig. inhabiting the Arabian peninsula and neighbouring lands, and now the Middle East generally. LME.
An Arabian horse (prized for pure breeding and swiftness). M17.
More fully street Arab. A homeless vagrant child. (By some regarded as racially offensive.) M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabs; Arabian. E19.
? Rare before 17, the usual word being ARABY earlier.
Arabdom noun Arabs collectively; the Arab world: M20.