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Definition of Salaamed
1. salaam [v] - See also: salaam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salaamed
Literary usage of Salaamed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of India by Moyle Sherer, Officer for fire-side travellers at-home (1824)
"And all salaamed themselves profoundly. I looked down on the chiefs under us,
and saw that they eyed us most haughtily, which very much increased the effect ..."
2. With the Conquering Turk: Confessions of a Bashibazouk by George Warrington Steevens (1897)
"Which done, the Pasha salaamed; we salaamed ; the doctors salaamed ; we salaamed,
and all started to make the tour of the wards. ..."
3. With the Conquering Turk: Confessions of a Bashibazouk by George Warrington Steevens (1897)
"We salaamed back. The theory of the salaam is that you lift up dust from the
ground in ... They salaamed; we salaamed. Cigarettes were handed ; we smoked. ..."
4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"The three men on foot began to talk together, and each of them said : " The
horseman salaamed to me," and they began to quarrel about it. ..."
5. Constantinople, Old and New by Harrison Griswold Dwight (1915)
"... or salaamed, as we put it in English - stepped in front of the Sultan and
salaamed a second time, kissed the chamberlain's scarf and touched it to his ..."
6. In India by George Warrington Steevens (1899)
"When he came up he salaamed and salaamed, and then held out a rupee in the ...
The landlord touched it and salaamed,—the one signifying thereby that all ..."
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