/ar"euhb/ , n.
1. a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East.
2. a member of any Arabic-speaking people.
3. See Arabian horse .
4. Sometimes Offensive. a street peddler (esp. in Baltimore).
5. See street Arab .
adj.
6. of or pertaining to Arabs.
7. Arabian.
8. Arabic.
[ 1625-35; back formation from L Arabs (taken as pl.) Áraps Arabian, an Arabian or Arab ]