Ar·ab 
(ărəb)
(ărəb)n.
1. A member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia, whose language and Islamic religion spread widely throughout the Middle East and northern Africa from the seventh century.
2. A member of an Arabic-speaking people.
3. An Arabian horse.
[French Arabe, from Latin Arabs, from Greek Araps, Arab-, from Arabic 'arab.]
Arab adj.