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Definition: Saracen |
SaracenNoun1. (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire. 2. (when used broadly) any Arab. 3. (historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Saracen" was first used: 13th century. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term Saracen comes from Greek sarekenoi. In the early centuries of the Roman Empire it was used as the name of an Arab tribe in the Sinai, apparently taken from the Arabic word sharqiun ("easterners"). Later the Greek-speaking subjects of the Empire applied it to all Arabs. After the rise of Islam, its usage was extended to all Muslims, particularly those in Sicily and southern Italy.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Saracen."
Crosswords: Saracen |
| Specialty definitions using "Saracen": Acephalous ♦ Baliverso, Brunello ♦ Ferrau, Flamberge ♦ Gleichen ♦ Marsiglio, Munera ♦ Pancras, Pollente ♦ Roland ♦ Sacripant, Sansfoy, Sobrino. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Saracen": Sirocco. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Saracen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (saracen), Serbo-Croatian (saracen), Swedish (saracen). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Saracen Blade (1954) Saracen (1989) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Saracen. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville. |
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| "Saracen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 37.84% of the time. "Saracen" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 37.84% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 35.14% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 27.03% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
saracen | 78 |
bike saracen | 17 |
cycle saracen | 6 |
history saracen | 4 |
alvis saracen | 4 |
rugby saracen | 3 |
saracen head | 3 |
restaurant saracen | 2 |
club rugby saracen | 2 |
cricket saracen | 2 |
havoc saracen | 2 |
saracen toronto | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Saracen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | saraçen. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сарацин. (various references) | |
Czech | saracen. (various references) | |
French | sarrasin (saracenic). (various references) | |
German | sarazenin, sarazenen-, sarazene. (various references) | |
Greek | σαρακηνόσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerecsen (black, blackamoor, blacky, dark-skinned, moor, moorish, negro), szaracén (saracenic). (various references) | |
Italian | saraceno. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aracensay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sarraceno (moor, saracenic), árabe (Arab, Arabian, Arabic). (various references) | |
Romanian | sarazin. (various references) | |
Russian | сарацин. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | saracen, heljda (buckwheat). (various references) | |
Spanish | sarraceno. (various references) | |
Swedish | saracen, arab (Arab, arabian). (various references) | |
Turkish | suriye-arabistan kabilelerinden kimse, haçlı seferleri zamanında müslümanlara verilen ad. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сарацин. (various references) | |
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| Arabic | 500-Modern | sharqi. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Saracen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Iarrasen, Saarinen, Sahafeen, Saladene, Saracena, saraceni, Saracini, Sarice, Sarrasin, Saruca, Scaraben, Searancke, Sewrckn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: anears, arcane, arecas, arenas, caesar, caners, casern, cranes, nacres, rances. | |
-2 letters: acnes, acres, anear, ansae, areas, areca, arena, caner, canes, cares, carns, carse, crane, earns, escar, nacre, narcs, nares, nears, races, rance, sacra, saner, saran, scare, scena, serac, snare. | |
-3 letters: aces, acne, acre, anas, anes, ansa, arcs, area, ares, arse, asea, cane, cans. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acarines, canaries, canvaser, carnages, caterans, cesarean, cesarian, pancreas. | |
+2 letters: advancers, anacruses, anarchies, ancestral, anthraces, archaeans, arsenical, ascertain, assurance, balancers, barnacles, braincase, caesarean, caesarian, calendars, canallers, canewares, canvasers, canvasser, carabines, carageens, carcanets, catnapers, cesareans, cesarians, craniates, crankcase, czarevnas, dracaenas, parlances, radiances, ransacked, ransacker, reactants, sacrament, sectarian, sugarcane, variances. | |
+3 letters: aberrances, absorbance, anchorages, anticaries, archangels, arenaceous, arrogances, arsenicals, ascertains, assurances, braincases, caesareans, caesarians, canebrakes, canvassers, carabiners, caravaners, carbonades, carbonates, carnelians, carrageens, carronades, catenaries, catnappers, centaureas, chinawares, cinerarias, clearances, comanagers, crankcases, crustacean, declarants, discarnate, flagrances, fragrances, gasconader, incarnates, landscaper, macaronies, marchpanes, mascarpone, mercaptans, pancreases, radiancies, rampancies, ransackers, reactances, rebalances, saccharine, sacraments, sarracenia, sectarians, sugarcanes, tarriances, transacted, vagrancies. | |
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