English Explanatory Dictionary

Bidoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an ethnic group in parts of the Middle East, regarded by local governments as stateless people or illegal immigrants.

Word forms

Bidoon Bidoons Bedoon

Etymology

From Arabic بِدُون (bidūn, “without”) (i.e. without nationality).

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