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‖ Roumi|ˈruːmiː|
Also 6 Rumi, 9 Roumy. Fem. roumia.
[ad. Arab. rūmī Byzantine, Pers. rūmi Turk, Greek.]
Among Arabs, a term for a European.
1576R. Eden tr. Vertomannus's Navigation & Vyages vi. xiv. 401 They affyrmed also, that there are certayne Christian kynges (whiche they call Rumi) of great power, confynyng or borderyng on the dominions of the great Turke. 1819J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Nubia 542 Such a misfortune had never been heard of in the time of the Islam, and before them no Roumy had ever come into these parts. 1867‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. iii. 74 Not but what our Roumis are brave fellows enough; better comrades no man could want. 1924Public Opinion 27 June 619/3 The Roumis had got round the flanks and were attacking the Arab Camp. 1927Daily Express 17 June 9 An intelligent and up-to-date caid..in the Sahara..answered..‘most of my people are unaccustomed to the ways of the roumia (foreign woman).’ 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 11 July 393/4, I did happen to be the first roumia allowed to a remote branch of the sect who live off the beaten track. |