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Definition of Fellahs
1. fellah [n] - See also: fellah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fellahs
| fell back on fell back upon fell in fell off fell off the turnip truck fell out fell over fell pregnant fell short fell under | fella fellable fellah fellaheen fellahin fellahs (current term) fellar fellars fellas |
Literary usage of Fellahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land by Stephen Olin (1843)
"Impressment of the fellahs.—The Egyptian Army.—Statistics. —Pressure upon the
Country. ... The fellahs good Soldiers. —Immunities of the Army.—Uniform. ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"fellahs (Arab, falleth, a cultivator), a term applied without distinction to all
the peasantry in Syria-, Arabia, and Egypt. Of the various races which ..."
3. Village Life in Egypt: With Sketches of the Saïd by Bayle St. John (1853)
"The Egyptians, especially the fellahs, have a deep veneration for the Nile; and
although they are called an ungrateful nation, are not so in this instance. ..."
4. State of Egypt, After the Battle of Heliopolis;: Preceded by General by Jean Louis Ebenezer Reynier (1802)
"THE fellahs, or cultivators of Egypt, have a great resemblance in character to
the Arabs, and are probably descended from a mixture of the first irruption ..."
5. Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1820)
"She was constantly among the women in the tombs; for all the fellahs of ...
had given orders to the fellahs not to work for the Christian dogs any longer. ..."
6. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"The Arab cultivators, inclini- Mil» ing all who live in the country, such as the
sheiks or heads of villages, the fellahs or peasants, ..."
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