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Cairene, n. and a.|kaɪəˈriːn|
Also Caireen.
[f. Cairo + -ene, after Nazarene, etc.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.B. adj. Of or pertaining to Cairo.
1844Sophia Poole Englishwoman in Egypt I. xi. 156 If we were conducted by a Caireen, no Turkish ladies were likely to address us. 1851Illustr. London News 8 Feb. 102/1 An interesting specimen of Caireen house-building. 1854B. Taylor Life fr. Egypt xv. 205 A harem of Cairene ladies. 1855R. F. Burton El-Medinah I. 270 The people of Suez are a finer and a fairer race than the Cairenes. 1893[see Nilot]. 1902S. Lane-Poole Story of Cairo i. 14 The Cairene tucks his legs up under him on the divan. 1936E. M. Forster Abinger Harvest iv. 254 The joint authors..are Egyptian—one of them a Cairene Jew. 1945R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 107 A Cairene rebellion which was only suppressed at the cost of considerable bloodshed. |