noun
or qu·raysh or ko·reish kəˈrīsh
( plural quraish or quraishes or quaraysh or qurayshes or koreish or koreishes )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Arabic Quraish
1. : an Arab people of which Muhammad was a member and which from the 5th century was distinguished by a religious preeminence associated with its hereditary provision of the pre-Islamic custodians of the Kaaba at Mecca
2. : a member of the Quraish people