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samites

samites is the plural of samite.

Meaning of samite

Noun

samite (countable and uncountable, plural samites)

  1. A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.
    • [A] robe / Of samite without price, that more exprest / Than hid her, clung about her lissome limbs, / In colour like the satin-shining palm / On sallows in the windy gleams of March: [...]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 104–105

Questions about samites

What is samites the plural of?
Samites is the plural of samite.

Words near samites in the dictionary

  1. samisen
  2. samisens
  3. Samish
  4. Samita
  5. samite
  6. samites
  7. samiti
  8. samitis
  9. samixogrel
  10. Samiyah
  11. samizdat

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