单词 | bedouin |
释义 | Bedouinn.adj. 1. a. An Arab of the desert. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Arabia > [noun] > person Bedouinc1400 Koreishite1708 Sherari1888 Bedu1912 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. v. 35 I duelled with him as soudyour in his werres..aȝen the Bedoynes. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 171 Parte of the Arabians..live in the fields and mountaines, and are termed Baduini. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 71 A few Christians remaining, called Bedwins. 1769 P. Russell in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 144 The Bedouins at this place. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1802) IX. 223 The same life is uniformly pursued by..the modern Bedoweens. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 609 The Bedonians, or wandering Arabs. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvii. 247 I was now amongst the true Bedouins. b. transferred. One who leads a Bedouin-like life elsewhere; a gipsy. (Cf. city Arab n. at city n. Compounds 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person gyptian1533 Egyptian1538 Bohemian1574 Gypsy1574 tinker1575 Zingani1581 Zingaro1600 moonman1608 faw1756 vagabond1756 Zingara1756 gitano1761 gitanac1770 nomade1798 Roman1800 Romani1800 Tzigane1802 Zigeuner1802 Sinti1827 piker1838 pikey1838 Rom1841 Zincalo1841 Romanichal1843 nomadian1847 Romany chai1851 didicoi1853 Bedouin1863 gyppo1868 gyp1886 1863 Times 2 May Where were all the dingy bedouins of England who travel through to this great gathering? 2. attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Arabia > [adjective] Scenite1600 Arabic1611 Howeitat1838 Bedouin1844 Sherari1888 Rwala1918 Bedu1959 1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 82 I had seen several Bedouin girls. 1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 45 Half-starved Bedouin children, mostly Irish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.c1400 |
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