— Saracenism , n.
/sar"euh seuhn/ , n.
1. Hist. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
2. (in later use) an Arab.
3. a Muslim, esp. in the period of the Crusades.
adj.
4. Also, Saracenic /sar'euh sen"ik/ , Saracenical . of or pertaining to the Saracens.
[ bef. 900; ME, OE Saracenus Sarakenós ]