Saracen

n. nomadic tribe that lived on the Syrian border of the Roman Empire (History); Arab, member of a Semitic people of the Middle East and northern Africa; Moslem (esp. during the Crusades)

For other uses, see Saracen (disambiguation). Saracens was a term used in the Middle Ages for those who professed the religion of Islam.
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Noun
1. (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire
(hypernym) nomad
(classification) history
2. (when used broadly) any Arab
(hypernym) Arab, Arabian
3. (historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades
(hypernym) Muslim, Moslem, Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan, Islamist
(classification) history

(n.)
Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
  

A Bedouin tribe from Sinai, the term was more generally applied to Arabs and Muslims during the Crusades .