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hamite

hamite noun: any member of the Hamites.

Noun (1)

hamite (plural hamites)

  1. Any member of the Hamites.

Noun (2) capitalized: Hamite

Hamite (plural Hamites)

  1. A descendant of Ham, son of Noah, a member of the nations or peoples supposedly descended from Ham, i.e. the North African and the Horn African peoples.
    • And when in history he was taught about the Africans as Hamites who had been cursed by Noah, everything including his family, his people and the priests fell into place.2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 313

Forms of hamite

pluralhamites
pluralHamites
alternative formKhamite

Origin of hamite

From Ham + -ite. Coined in the first half of the 19th century along with Semite and Japhetite and the adjectives Hamitic, Semitic, Japhetitic.

Words formed from hamite

Questions about hamite

What does hamite mean?
Hamite means any member of the Hamites.
What part of speech is hamite?
Hamite is a noun.
What is the plural of hamite?
The plural of hamite is hamites.

Words near hamite in the dictionary

  1. haminoid
  2. haminoids
  3. Hamir
  4. Hamirpur
  5. Hamish
  6. hamite
  7. hamites
  8. Hamitic
  9. Hamiticist
  10. Hamiticists
  11. Hamiticized

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