Edomite

//ˈiː.dəˌmaɪt// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person descended from Esau (Edom).

    "And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan in the first millennium BCE, extinct from the 6th century BCE.

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"And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir."

Etymology

From Edom + -ite.

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