daughter of the desert

English

Noun

daughter of the desert (plural daughters of the desert)

  1. (literary) A woman who traditionally inhabits a desert region, as an Arab.
    Coordinate term: son of the desert
    • 1902, Henry M. Field, On the Desert: With a Brief Review of Recent Events in Egypt, New York: C. Scribner's Sons, page 72:
      Leaving the field of war for that of love, I asked about their marriage customs - how daughters of the desert were wooed and won.
    • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 137:
      He looked down upon the girl beside him—a daughter of the desert walking across the face of a dead world with a son of the jungle.
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