Alid
noun
Al·id
ˈa-ləd,
ˈä-
plural -s
: one that claims descent from the caliph Ali and Fatima, son-in-law and daughter respectively of Muhammad
Word History
Etymology
probably from (assumed) Medieval Latin Alides, from ʽAli ibn-abi-Ṭālib †661 Arab caliph + Latin -ides -id
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
- midship bend
- midship frame
- midship line
- midship section
- midship spoke
- midshipman
- midshipman's hitch
- midshipman's nuts
- midshipman's-butter
- midshipman's-butters
- midshipmanship
- midshipmen
- midshipmen's nuts
- midshipmite
- midships
- midsize
- midsized
- midsole
- midsoles
- midspaces
- midst
- midstories
- midstream
- midstreams
- midsts