Definitions of Canaanite [ˈkeɪ nəˌnaɪt]

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Canaanite
a member of any of the western Semitic peoples inhabiting Canaan at the time of its occupation by the Israelites.

2. Canaanite
the language or languages of these peoples, ancestral to Hebrew, Phoenician, and Moabite.

3. (adj.) Canaanite
of or pertaining to Canaan, the Canaanites, or their speech.

Etymology: (1350–1400; &indirdesc; Gk)

Definition of 'Canaanite'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Canaanite
a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites

2. (noun) Canaanite
the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest

Definition of 'Canaanite'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Canaanite
a descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah

2. (noun) Canaanite
a Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

3. (noun) Canaanite
a zealot

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