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WAHABI
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Irregular inflected form: wahhabis
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam
Example:
Osama bin Laden is said to be a Wahhabi Muslim
Synonyms:
Wahabi; Wahhabi
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Wahabi" is a kind of...):
Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)
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