Hamite

See also: hamite

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Etymology

From Ham +‎ -ite. Coined in the first half of the 19th century along with Semite and Japhetite and the adjectives Hamitic, Semitic, Japhetitic.

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Hamite (plural Hamites)

  1. 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.
    • 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 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.

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