Inflected forms: pl. Bedouin or Bed·ou·ins also Beduin or Be·du·ins An Arab of any of the nomadic tribes of the Arabian, Syrian, Nubian, or Sahara deserts.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English Bedoin, from Old French beduin, from Arabic badwyn, pl. of badaw, nomadic, from badw, desert nomads, Bedouins. See bdw in Appendix II.
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