Hashemite

Hashemite
Hashemite or Hashimite [hash′əm īt΄]
n.
a member of an Arabian princely family claiming descent from Mohammed
adj.
of or pertaining to this family

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Hash·e·mite also Hash·i·mite (hăshʹə-mīt') n.
A member of a princely Arab family claiming direct descent from the prophet Muhammad.
  [From Arabic hāšimī, from hašama, to destroy, smash. See hśm in Semitic Roots.]

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