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bedouin
/ˈbɛdoʊən/
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What does bedouin mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Bedouin
- A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɛdoʊən/
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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.
The intervening space was soon traversed, and I found myself approaching a Bedouin Arab mounted on a camel, attended by another Bedouin on foot.
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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.
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.
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!