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Semite|ˈsɛmaɪt|
[ad. mod.L. Sēmīta, f. late Latin Sēm, Gr. σήµ Shem: see -ite. Cf. the earlier Shemite.]
A person belonging to the race of mankind which includes most of the peoples mentioned in Gen. x. as descended from Shem son of Noah, as the Hebrews, Arabs, Assyrians, and Aramæans. Also, a person speaking a Semitic language as his native tongue.
1848C. Bunsen in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1847 XVII. 266 The country which, according to the most ancient traditions of the Semites, was the cradle of mankind. 1875Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xii. 247 None but the Semites have, since the dawn of the historic period, seriously disputed with our family the headship of the human race. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 199 The mutual aversion of Semites and Aryans thus finds ample illustration in the literature of both. 1886Z. A. Ragozin Chaldea ii. v. (1891) 237 Nor did the Semites preserve a separate existence. |