Howeitatn.adj.
/həʊweɪˈtɑːt/ A. n.
(A member of) a Bedouin tribe of northern Saudi Arabia.
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Ascapartc1330
Koreish1649
Rwalaa1817
Sherarata1817
Howeitat1831
Shammar1911
1831 J. L. Burckhardt & W. Ouseley Notes on Bedouins & Wahábys (new ed.) I. 29 El Haueytat..are about three hundred horsemen, but can furnish a large body of armed camel-drivers... In seasons of drought the Haueytat approach Gaza or Hebron.
1917 T. E. Lawrence Let. 10 July (1938) 225 Sherif Nasir stayed in Kaf to enrol Rualla, Shererat and Huweitat for the Akaba expedition.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xxxi. 152 With his [sc. Feisal's] northern neighbours, the coastal Howeitat, he had already made a beginning.
1957 H. St. J. Philby Forty Years in Wilderness v. 99 The tribes mentioned were Huwaitat..and some others.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people.
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Scenite1600
Arabic1611
Howeitat1838
Bedouin1844
Sherari1888
Rwala1918
Bedu1959
1838 J. R. Wellsted Trav. Arabia II. ix. 167 The Howeïtát Bedowins occupy the coast from Magnah to Jebel 'Antar.
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