saracen in English

noun
1
an Arab or Muslim, especially at the time of the Crusades.
The origins of Gothic are obscure - the adoption of the pointed arch may well have stemmed from contact with the Saracens during the crusades - but probably lie in northern France during the late 12th and early 13th cents.

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1. List of Umayyad Caliphs (Saracen Jihad) Edit

2. Tradonico secured the sea by fighting Narentine and Saracen pirates.

3. We'll hold the Saracen cavalry until the king arrives.

4. Charlemagne’s forces are represented as a tightly unified, militant Christian force threatened by Saracen invaders

5. Bast is also linked with ghouls by some Saracen sorcerers, who call her "the Chewer of Corpses"

6. There you can visit the ancient town of Gioiosa Guardia, and enjoy the beautiful landscape that dominates the Saracen Coast.

7. Barbary a former name (also Barbary States) for the [Saracen] countries of North and NW Africa, together with Moorish Spain

8. THE SARACEN: LAND OF THE INFIDEL ROBERT SHEA As for Brenton, it's a mere case of Burbling genteel platitudes in a marvellous voice

9. Middle English admirail, admiral, amiral "emir, Saracen chieftain, naval commander," borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin Admiralis, admirallus, amiralius, borrowed from Arabic …

10. Middle English admirail, Admiral, amiral "emir, Saracen chieftain, naval commander," borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin Admiralis, Admirallus, amiralius, borrowed from Arabic …

11. “The Heads of a Moor, or Blackamoor, and a Saracen, are wreathed about the temples with a fillet of twisted silk, the Tincture or Tinctures of which must be mentioned

12. The result was that in the end the Valiant Soldier, of the Christian army, was distinguished by no peculiarity of Accoutrement from the Turkish Knight; and what was worse, on a casual view Saint George himself might be mistaken for his deadly enemy, the Saracen.

13. Palamedes may refer to: Palamedes (Greek mythology), the son of Nauplius in Greek mythology Palamedes (Arthurian legend), a Saracen Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend Palamedes (romance), a 13th-century French Arthurian romance named after the knight 2456 Palamedes, an asteroid Palamedes (video game), a 1990 video game

14. Barbarian (n.) early 15c., in reference to classical history, "a non-Roman or non-Greek," earlier Barbar (late 14c.) "non-Roman or non-Greek person; non-Christian; person speaking a language different from one's own," from Medieval Latin Barbarinus (source of Old French Barbarin "Berber, pagan, Saracen, Barbarian"), from Latin Barbarus "strange, foreign, Barbarous," from Greek Barbaros

15. Barbarian (n.) early 15c., in reference to classical history, "a non-Roman or non-Greek," earlier barbar (late 14c.) "non-Roman or non-Greek person; non-Christian; person speaking a language different from one's own," from Medieval Latin barbarinus (source of Old French barbarin "Berber, pagan, Saracen, Barbarian"), from Latin barbarus "strange, foreign, barbarous," from Greek barbaros