Semitic

Definition of Semitic

Sem`it´ic
a.1.Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
Semitic language
a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and PhŒnician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic).
- Encyc. Brit.
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