Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa;
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of or relating to or characteristic of Semites;
- Example: "Semite peoples"[syn: Semite, Semitic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Semite \Sem"ite\, n.
One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
[Written also Shemite.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Semite
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite
peoples" [syn: Semite, Semitic]
n 1: a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the
Middle East and northern Africa