Saracen

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sarrazin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  Saracenus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Σαρακηνός (Sarakēnós), which may be from Arabic شَرْقِيِّين (šarqiyyin, “easterners”), though the Oxford English Dictionary disputes this.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæɹəˌsən/

Noun

Saracen (plural Saracens)

1. A member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries CE, who were specifically distinguished from Arabs
2. (dated) A Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades.
3. (dated) A pirate in the Mediterranean.
4. A type of six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier.

Related terms

• sarsen, sarsen stone
• Saracenic

Translations

member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries CE

• French: Sarrazin (fr) m, Sarrasin (fr) m
• German: Sarazene (de) m
• Polish: Saracen (pl) m
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• Spanish: sarraceno (es) m, sarracena (es) f
• Swedish: saracen (sv) c

Arab or any Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades

• French: Sarrazin (fr) m, Sarrasin (fr) m
• Georgian: სარკინოზი (sarḳinozi)
• Polish: Saracen (pl) m
• Russian: сараци́н (ru) (saracín)
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• Spanish: sarraceno (es) m, sarracena (es) f
• Swedish: saracen (sv) c
• Turkish: Sarazen

pirate in the Mediterranean

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type of six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier

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References

• “Saracen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “Saracen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Saracen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Saracen” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

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Polish

Noun

Saracen m pers

1. Saracen

Declension

Declension of Saracen

	singular	plural
nominative	Saracen	Saraceni
genitive	Saracena	Saracenów
dative	Saracenowi	Saracenom
accusative	Saracena	Saracenów
instrumental	Saracenem	Saracenami
locative	Saracenie	Saracenach
vocative	Saracenie	Saraceni

Derived terms

• saraceński