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Hamitic
[ ha-mit-ik, huh- ]
noun
- (especially formerly) the non-Semitic branches of the Afroasiatic language family.
adjective
- of or relating to the Hamites or Hamitic.
Hamitic
/ hə-; hæˈmɪtɪk /
noun
- a group of N African languages related to Semitic. They are now classified in four separate subfamilies of the Afro-Asiatic family: Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic
adjective
- denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
- denoting, belonging to, or characteristic of the Hamites
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- non-Ha·mitic adjective
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Example Sentences
He would have wrested race supremacy and the leading place in civilization from the Aryan for the Hamitic races.
And as by our language we belong to the Aryan stratum, we belong through our letters to the Hamitic.
And the only distinction amongst all these people, who are branches of the Hamitic family, is the texture of the hair.
The Hamitic race seems to have originated in the south and migrated northward down the Nile towards the delta.
All the Sudanese states were formed by invaders from the northern desert, Hamitic or Semitic.
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