[bed-oo-in, bed-win] 
noun, plural -ins, (especially collectively
) -in, adjective | 1. | an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab. |
| 2. | a nomad; wanderer. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Bedouin. |
| Bed·ou·in also Bed·u·in (běd'ōō-ĭn, běd'wĭn) n. 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. [Middle English Bedoin, from Old French beduin, from Arabic badāwīyīn, pl. of badawī, nomadic, from badw, desert nomads, Bedouins; see bdw in Semitic roots.] |