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Saracens

Saracens is the plural of Saracen.

Meaning of Saracen

Noun

Saracen (plural Saracens)

  1. A member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries AD, who were specifically distinct from Arabs.
  2. (dated) A Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades.
    • We pretend to be Christians, and, from the superior Light we enjoy, ought to exceed Heathens, Turks, Saracens, Moors, Negroes, and Indians, in the Knowledge and Practice of what is right.1764, Benjamin Franklin, A Narrative of the Late Massacres
  3. (dated) A pirate in the Mediterranean.

Questions about Saracens

What is Saracens the plural of?
Saracens is the plural of Saracen.

Words near Saracens in the dictionary

  1. saracenic ointment
  2. Saracenical
  3. Saracenis
  4. Saracenism
  5. Saracenlike
  6. Saracens
  7. Sarada
  8. saraf
  9. sarafan
  10. sarafans
  11. sarafany

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