Canaanite

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Zealot.

II. Canaanite ·noun A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

III. Canaanite ·noun A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, ·esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

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