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Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
  2. adj. of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
  3. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Semites
  4. n. a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
  5. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.] Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phoenician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit.
  6. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to thatdivision of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, andrelated races. [Written also Shemitic.] Semitic language, a name usedto designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some livingand some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phoenician, Aramaic, Assyrian,Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit.
  7. j:100 n. a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family a. of or relating to the group of Semitic languages