Hamite

hamite English Alternative forms en Khamite Etymology From en Ham ite. Coined in the first half of the 19th century along with Semite and Japhetite and the adjectives Hamitic, Semitic, Japhetitic. Noun A descendant of Ham, son of Noah, a member of the nations or peoples supposedly descended from Ham, i.e. the North African and the Horn African peoples. en 2014 Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Kintu Oneworld Publications (2018) 313 And when in history he was taught about the Africans as Hamites who had been cursed by Noah, everything including his family, his people and the priests fell into place. Derived terms en Hamitic Hamitism Hamito-Semitic Hamitoid Nilo-Hamite Niloto-Hamite Translations a descendant of Ham Arabic: ar حَامِيّ m, ar حَامِيَّة m Esperanto: eo hamido Greek: el Χαμίτης m, el Χαμίτισσα f Hindi: hi हामी m f Polish: pl chamita m-pr Anagrams en aehimt aimeth methai en 2-syllable words eponyms