arab Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
    Arabian.
  2. noun a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
    Arabian.

WordNet

Ar"ab noun
Etymology
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. .
Definitions
  1. One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.

Webster 1913