Arab,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [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. ?.]
     One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in
     Syria, Northern Africa, etc.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city,
        particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor.
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              The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are
              shivering in damp doorways.           --Lond. Sat.
                                                    Rev.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Arab
       n 1: 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 [syn: {Arabian}]
       2: a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to
          Arabia [syn: {Arabian}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "Arab":
     Bedouin, Bohemian, Romany, Zigeuner, beach bum, beachcomber,
     beggar, bo, bum, bummer, dogie, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, gypsy,
     hobo, homeless waif, idler, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel,
     mudlark, nomad, piker, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder,
     ski bum, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner,
     surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp,
     turnpiker, tzigane, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif,
     waifs and strays, wastrel, zingaro
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Arab
     ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now
     Er-Rabiyeh.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Arab, multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Arab, AL (city, FIPS 2116)
    Location: 34.32964 N, 86.50013 W
    Population (1990): 6321 (2745 housing units)
    Area: 33.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 35016
  Arab, MO
    Zip code(s): 63733

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Arab, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
     Population (2000):    7174
     Housing Units (2000): 3223
     Land area (2000):     12.768564 sq. miles (33.070427 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.081631 sq. miles (0.211423 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    12.850195 sq. miles (33.281850 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            02116
     Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
     Location:             34.327863 N, 86.498613 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     35016
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Arab, AL
      Arab