Bedouin
noun/ˈbeduɪn/
/ˈbeduɪn/
(plural Bedouin)
- a member of an Arab people that traditionally lives in tents in the desertWord Originfrom Old French beduin, based on Arabic badawī, (plural) badawīn ‘dwellers in the desert’, from badw ‘desert’.
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