1. arabist - Noun
2. arabist - Adjective
One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.
Source: Webster's dictionaryArabist S.D. Goitein believes the leadership he displayed during the ransoming of the Crusader captives led to this appointment. Source: Internet
Al-Hariri had said before his death that he knew there were people working to discredit his Arabist and nationalist points of view. Source: Internet
On the Arabist blog, Issandr El Amrani Ben Ali is unlikely to be dislodged without a strong diplomatic push from the EU, and he quotes several articles that are considerably more sceptical than I am. Source: Internet
The pattern with PFDJ is always the same: any popular movement must be marginalized by tagging it as regionalist (G-15) or an Arabist (Forto) or an Islamist (Akhria). Source: Internet