| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Semite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Sem·ite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s m  t |
| NOUN: | 1. A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Near East and northern Africa, including the Arabs, Arameans, Babylonians, Carthaginians, Ethiopians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians. 2. A Jew. 3. Bible A descendant of Shem. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Back-formation from Semitic.
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