Saracen

Meaning

Noun

• A member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries CE, who were specifically distinct from Arabs.
• A Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades.
• A pirate in the Mediterranean.
• A type of six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier.

Origin

• From , from , from , which may be from , though the Oxford English Dictionary disputes this.