Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bedouin

Bedouin ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French bédouin, Old French béduin, from Arabic bedawī rural, living in the desert, from badw desert, from badā to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life.]

One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.

Bedouin , adjective

Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.