Definitions
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- verb archaic Simple past tense and past participle of
abide . - noun
slave - noun
servant - noun
worshipper
Etymologies
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Examples
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Darfuris are sometimes called abid "slaves" by the northerners.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GEOFFREY YORK 2011
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You Ingliz trained them, but there are many whose hearts are not so good, they call us "abid" (slaves) and despise our nakedness and our customs. '
Archive 2004-10-31 Laban 2004
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You Ingliz trained them, but there are many whose hearts are not so good, they call us "abid" (slaves) and despise our nakedness and our customs. '
October 31, 2004 Laban 2004
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You Ingliz trained them, but there are many whose hearts are not so good, they call us "abid" (slaves) and despise our nakedness and our customs. '
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[696]. the common word for non-Arab Africans today among the Arab elite remains "abid," or slave.
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To them, a black person by nature is an 'abid,' which is a slave.
Heather Robinson: Racial Component of Conflict in Sudan: "To Them, a Black Person ... is an 'Abid,' which is a Slave;" Human Rights Groups in Sudan Free Slaves Heather Robinson 2011
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But now Sessions feels no longer compelled to abid by that agreement.
Senate Democrats to attempt break of GOP judicial filibuster 2009
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Mahad in particular could mix with Somali men of our clan, who looked like him, who spoke our language and did not call him abid.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Mahad in particular could mix with Somali men of our clan, who looked like him, who spoke our language and did not call him abid.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Mahad in particular could mix with Somali men of our clan, who looked like him, who spoke our language and did not call him abid.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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