n., pl., Bedouin, or -ins, also Beduin or -ins.
An Arab of any of the nomadic tribes of the Arabian, Syrian, Nubian, or Sahara deserts.
[Middle English Bedoin, from Old French beduin, from Arabic badāwīyīn, pl. of badawī, nomadic, from badw, desert nomads, Bedouins.]
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