subs. (colloquial).—A wanderer, a gipsy: cf. ARAB. Also as adj.

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  1861.  G. A. SALA, Twice Round the Clock, 6 A.M., 45. Half-starved BEDOUIN children, mostly Irish.

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  1863.  Times, 2 May. Where are all the dingy BEDOUINS of England who travel through to this great gathering?

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