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Berberine2|bɜːbəˈriːn|
[prop. pl. used as sing., f. berber + Arab. pl. suffix -īn (cf. fellaheen, pl. of fellah).]
A Berber. Also attrib. Also ˈBerberin pl., Berbers; Berbeˈree, Berberi, a Berber; ˈberberize v. trans., to impart a Berber character to; ˈberberized ppl. a.
1852B. St. John Village Life in Egypt II. i. 9 Berberi race, black and well-featured. Ibid. iii. 30 In the neighbourhood of Essouan..is a curious race of people..distinct from the Berberis, although confounded with them by many travellers. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 260/2 The Barábra or Berberines are a people well known in Egypt. 1900Conan Doyle Green Flag 270 In front rode the three Berberee body-servants upon donkeys. 1906Daily Chron. 22 Sept. 2/7 The municipality of Alexandria are now endeavouring to induce the surplus Berberin, &c., to return to their own country, on the upper reaches of the Nile. 1914Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 786 Many Arabs..had settled down [in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco] and become in part Berberized. 1928Blackw. Mag. Mar. 406/1 This..was given to me..by a grateful Berberine. 1930C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vi. 137 It is always difficult to decide whether any particular people..are to be regarded as arabized Berbers or as berberized Arabs. 1938Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Oct. 645/2 A lady's maid who managed Berberine servants with grim efficiency. |