semites
/S EH0 M AY0 T S/noun
- 1
A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.
- 2
A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs, or Aksumites.
- 3
A descendant of any of these peoples.
- 4
(sometimes derogatory) A Jew.
- 5
A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem.
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