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Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a
desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote
the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi,
arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. ?.]
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in
Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
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{Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city,
particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor.
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The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are
shivering in damp doorways. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
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