Saracen

sar′a-sen, n. a name variously employed by medieval writers to designate the Mohammedans of Syria and Palestine, the Arabs generally, or the Arab-Berber races of northern Africa, who conquered Spain and Sicily and invaded France.— adjs. Saracen′ic , -al .— n. Sar′acenism .— Saracenic architecture , a general name for Mohammedan architecture. [O. Fr. sarracin , sarrazin —Low L. Saracenus —Late Gr. Sarakēnos —Ar. sharkeyn , eastern people, as opposed to maghribe , 'western people'—i.e. the people of Morocco.]