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dromedary [drom-i-der-ee, druhm-] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural drom·e·dar·ies. the single-humped camel, Camelus dromedarius, of Arabia and northern Africa. Liberaldictionary.com
Compare Bactrian camel. Origin of dromedary 1300–50; Middle English dromedarie, -ary (Anglo-French) Late Latin dromedārius (camēlus) Greek dromad- (stem of dromás) running + Latin -ārius -ary Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for dromedary Historical Examples of dromedary
By pulling this to one side or the other the dromedary may be turned in any direction.
Sven Anders Hedin
Shah Sevar sits erect on his dromedary and leads the assault.
Sven Anders Hedin
The One-Hump camel is called an Arabian camel, or a dromedary.
Prince Sarath Ghosh
“That’s the boy who called me a dromedary,” said Hibbert, as they turned away.
J. Harwood Panting
There, on the dromedary, is the emperor’s great warrior who commands the Romans in Pharan.
Georg Ebers
British Dictionary definitions for dromedary dromedary noun plural -daries a type of Arabian camel bred for racing and riding, having a single hump and long slender legs another name for Arabian camel Word Origin for dromedary C14: from Late Latin dromedārius (camēlus), from Greek dromas running Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for dromedary n.
late 13c., from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedarius “kind of camel,” from Latin dromas (genitive dromados), from Greek dromas kamelos “running camel,” from dromos “a race course,” from PIE *drem-, from possible base *der- “to run, walk, step” (cf. Sanskrit dramati “runs, goes,” Greek dromas “running,” Middle High German tremen “to rock, shake, sway”). One-humped Arabian camels were bred and trained for riding. An early variant was drumbledairy (1560s).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
