noun
or wa·ha·bi wəˈhäbē, wäˈ-, -bi
( -s )
Etymology: Arabic wahhābīy, from Muḥammad b. 'Abd al- Wahhāb (Abdul-Wahhab) died 1787 Arab religious reformer
1. capitalized : a puritanical Muslim sect founded in Arabia in the 18th century by the reformer Muhammad ibn-Abdul Wahhab and revived by Ibn Sa'ud in the 20th century
2. usually capitalized : a member of the Wahhabi sect