Saracen

• Sarcen (misspelling)

From Old French sarrazin, from Late Latin Saracenus, from Ancient Greek Σαρακηνός (Sarakēnós), which may be from Arabic شَرْقِيِّين (šarqiyyin, “easterners”). Since the Sarakenoi lived to the east of most Semitic peoples of the time, a more reasonable explanation is from Arabic سَارِقُون (plunderers) (sariqun), as mentioned in wikipedia Saracen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæɹəˌsən/

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 distinct 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.

• Saracenic
• sarsen, sarsen stone

• “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.

Borrowed from Old French sarrazin.

• IPA^(key): /saˈra.t͡sɛn/

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• Rhymes: -at͡sɛn
• Syllabification: Sa‧ra‧cen

Saracen m pers

1. Saracen

• Saracen in Polish dictionaries at PWN