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Semite

[ sem-ahytor, especially British, see-mahyt ]

noun

  1. a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
  2. a Jew.
  3. a member of any of the peoples descended from Shem, the eldest son of Noah.


Semite

/ 藞蝉颈藧尘补瑟迟 /

noun

  1. a member of the group of Caucasoid peoples who speak a Semitic language, including the Jews and Arabs as well as the ancient Babylonians, Assyrians, and Phoenicians
  2. another word for a Jew
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Semite

  1. Someone who belongs to the Semitic peoples. The Semites are supposedly descended from the biblical Shem, the eldest son of Noah .
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞苍-厂别尘顎僫迟别 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Semite1

First recorded in 1870鈥75; from New Latin 蝉脓尘墨迟补, from Late Latin 厂脓尘 (from Greek 厂岣梞, from Hebrew 厂丑脓尘 Shem ) + -墨迟补 -ite 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Semite1

C19: from New Latin 蝉脓尘墨迟补 descendant of Shem, via Greek 厂脓尘, from Hebrew Shem
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鈥淐learly, one of the greatest Anti Semites of our time!鈥

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"As for the Eastern Jews, they are Semites," he added, referring to Sephardic Jews from the wider Middle East.

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鈥淎ll peoples of the Mediterranean were Semites,鈥 he said.

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Denying that he was an anti-Semite, Fischer pointed out with a smirk that Arabs were Semites, too: 鈥淎nd I am definitely not anti-Arab, okay?鈥

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The Aristotelian system was Greek, but the Judeo-Christian story of creation was Semitic鈥攁nd Semites didn鈥檛 have such a fear of the void.

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