[ 'sarəs(ə)n ]
■ noun
1》 an Arab or Muslim, especially at the time of the Crusades.
2》 a nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert at the time of the Roman Empire.
Derivatives
~ic adjective
Origin
ME, from OFr. sarrazin , via late L. from late Gk Sarakēnos , perh. from Arab. šarḳī 'eastern'.