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bedouin

/ˈbɛdoʊən/

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What does bedouin mean?

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bedouin
  2. A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɛdoʊən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈbɛduˌɪn//ˈbɛdəwən/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Once they were attacked by Bedouin, who, however, on hearing the report of Burton's revolver, declared that they were only in fun.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
The intervening space was soon traversed, and I found myself approaching a Bedouin Arab mounted on a camel, attended by another Bedouin on foot.
Alexander William KinglakeEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastProject Gutenberg ebook #282
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The Bedouin live in tents made of poles with dark cloth of goats' hair or camels' hair spread across them for walls and roof.
Edith A. HowPeople of AfricaProject Gutenberg ebook #6693
Rostóv, who had just celebrated his promotion to a cornetcy and bought Denísov’s horse, Bedouin, was in debt all round, to his comrades and the sutlers.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
All things in this new land are moving farther on: the wine-vats and the miner’s blasting tools but picket for a night, like Bedouin pavillions; and to-morrow, to fresh woods!
Robert Louis StevensonThe Silverado SquattersProject Gutenberg ebook #516