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Fellahin

Fellah \Fel"lah\, n.; pl. Ar. Fellahin, E. Fellahs. [Ar.] A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc.
--W. M. Thomson.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fellahin

1743, Arabic fallah (see fellah).

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fellahin

n. (plural of fellah English)

WordNet
fellahin

See fellah

fellah
  1. n. an agricultural laborer in Arab countries

  2. [also: fellahin (pl), fellaheen (pl)]

Usage examples of "fellahin".

Azar was one of those whom Lockwood had mockingly christened Abbadabbas, a humble member of the fellahin, the thousands of simple laborers who toiled in the deep, stony gash that was Abydos's quartzite mine.

Azar glanced over at the lines of fellahin toiling their way up the multiple ladders that led to the surface.

The cat goddess found it impossible to credit the fellahin of Abydos with Ra's passing.

She'd hoped for more information about this planet of wild fellahin, but it seemed that those studying the StarGate had consigned it to a hole deep within the ground.

Repeatedly, the resulting disorder has led by well-defined steps to the final static fellahin state.

Mind reading would stultify the development of any race, and therefore this one is in the fellahin stage.

There was ample historical evidence that a tiny intruder could influence decisively the future of entire fellahin races.