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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. j:100 n. a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family a. of or relating to the group of Semitic languages