n. & adj. hist.
n. 1 an Arab or Muslim at the time of the Crusades. 2 a nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert.
adj. of the Saracens. Saracen corn Brit. archaic buckwheat. Saracen's head the head of a Saracen or Turk as a heraldic charge or inn-sign. Saracenic adj.
[ ME f. OF sar(r)azin, sar(r)acin f. LL Saracenus f. late Gk Sarakenos perh. f. Arab. sarki eastern ]