What is "sarasin"

Sarrasin \Sar"ra*sin\, Sarrasine \Sar"ra*sine\, n. [F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See Saracen.] (Fort.) A portcullis, or herse. [Written also sarasin.]

Sarasin is a surname.

• Fritz Sarasin, full name Karl Friedrich Sarasin (1859-1942), a Swiss naturalist
• Jakob Sarasin (1742-1802), a Swiss manufacturer and writer in the age of enlightenment.
• Jean François Sarrazin (c. 1611-1654), or Sarasin, a French author
• Paul Sarasin, full name Paul Benedict Sarasin (1856-1929), a Swiss naturalist
• Pote Sarasin (1905-2000), a Thai diplomat and politician
• Ronald A. Sarasin (born 1934), a U.S. Representative from Connecticut