Category:Saracen

Sar"a*cen, n. Etym: [l. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. Sharqiin, oriental eastern, fr. sharaga to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. Sarcenet, sarrasin, sirocco.]

Defn: anciently, an arab; later, a mussulman; in the middle ages, the Common term among christians in europe for a mohammedan hostile to The crusaders. Saracen's consound (bot.), a kind of ragewort (senecio Saracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds.