Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman or girl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English and Anglo-Saxon contracted form of
bindeth , the third person singular of bind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, pejorative A
woman , agirl .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ellison is proud of his friends, who tend to be important people and in part because they are important people, which is so horrifying a sentiment that I would have wept had I been in my own house instead of 'bint's.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009
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They were received by Major Craufurd as a stately omda, and by the second in command as a "bint" with head-dress, yasmak gown and beribboned pyjama trousers.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison
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McLoughlin first fell under the "spell of far Arabia" when he noticed his father using exotic words such as "bint," "shufti" and "yallah" - brought home from Egypt and the western desert in the second world war.
The Guardian World News Ian Black 2010
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Following the prophet's footsteps, the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab entrusted Shifa' bint 'AbdAllah with the sensitive post of supervisor whose duties required ensuring that the busy market of Medina was free of corruption.
Fahad Faruqui: The Rights Of Women In Saudi Arabia Fahad Faruqui 2011
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Qatar's Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned a.k.a. Sheikha Mozah is on a State visit to the UK with her husband and even on-the-go ...
Sheikha Mozah Brings Her Chic To England (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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Some bloggers are writing about the experience. bint battuta (Bahrain), who is undertaking the project of reading the Qur'an in Arabic during Ramadan, writes her first post on the experience:
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Qatar's Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned a.k.a. Sheikha Mozah is on a State visit to the UK with her husband and even on-the-go she looks nothing short of amazing.
Sheikha Mozah Brings Her Chic To England (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Following the prophet's footsteps, the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab entrusted Shifa' bint 'AbdAllah with the sensitive post of supervisor whose duties required ensuring that the busy market of Medina was free of corruption.
Fahad Faruqui: The Rights Of Women In Saudi Arabia Fahad Faruqui 2011
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Qatar's Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned a.k.a. Sheikha Mozah is on a State visit to the UK with her husband and even on-the-go she looks nothing short of amazing.
Sheikha Mozah Brings Her Chic To England (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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Qatar's Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned a.k.a. Sheikha Mozah is on a State visit to the UK with her husband and even on-the-go she looks nothing short of amazing.
Sheikha Mozah Brings Her Chic To England (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
bilby commented on the word bint
"So stop shouting. I'll give you one more drink, and then we visit your rooms in Olympia. All types of attractive bints in Olympia." - 'Lanark', Alasdair Gray.
December 13, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bint
Are they of the moistened variety?
December 13, 2007
eloriane commented on the word bint
Also derogatory-- "That stupid bint broke my phone," or "Get me my beer, you lazy bint."
May have racist connotations, given its innocuous translation in the original Arabic but insulting meaning in English.
June 26, 2009
madmouth commented on the word bint
cf. beasel
July 20, 2009
john commented on the word bint
From the Wiktionary: "(British, pejorative) (also Digger slang) Woman, girl."
July 20, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word bint
A binturong.
January 16, 2010