Saracen
Saracen , noun
[Latin Saracenus perhaps from Arabic sharqi, pl. sharqiīn, Oriental, Eastern, from sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: compare French sarrasin. Compare Sarcenet, Sarrasin, Sirocco.]
Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
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Saracens' consound (Botany) , a kind of ragwort (Senecio Saracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds.