Associations to the word «Semite»

Wiktionary

SEMITE, noun. A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs and Aksumites.
SEMITE, noun. A descendant of any of these peoples.
SEMITE, noun. A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.
SEMITE, noun. A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem.

Dictionary definition

SEMITE, noun. A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa.
SEMITE, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite peoples".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca