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n. - (historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades; (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire; (when used broadly) any Arab.

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  • It has been asserted that the word Saracen comes from sarac, a robber.
  • It must be another company called Saracen, he said.
  • Where it came off, there's an inn, now, called the Saracen's Head.
  • Yeah he’s young, but Matt Saracen is such a multi-dimensional character.
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