Usually means: People of ancient Near Eastern descent.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word semites:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Semites: Merriam-Webster
  2. Semites: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Semites: Vocabulary.com
  4. Semites, semites: Wordnik
  5. Semites: Wiktionary
  6. Semites: Dictionary.com
  7. Semites: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Semites: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Semites: Encyclopedia

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Semites: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See semite as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Semite)

noun:  A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.
noun:  A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs, or Aksumites.
noun:  A descendant of any of these peoples.
noun:  A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem.
noun:  (sometimes derogatory) A Jew.
▸ Also see semite


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