What does saracen mean?

Question

In the legends of King Arthur and characters Tristram and Isolde are doomed lovers and Isolde was courted by Palomides. Palomides is described as a noble Knight of the Round Table who was saracen. This until he was taken with the purity of a chaste woman who worshipped the Beloved at the cross. He asked her, 'is this your God?' Her response was yes and he was christened.

Answer 1

a brave person who work for good

Answer 2

saracen, used often to denote someone from the what is now seen and labelled the Arabian and Middle East areas. I seem to remember quite a few groups and associations that refered to themselves as Saracen, and when asked what it meant they replied they were Meditterranean bad boy pirate sailors and nomadic roaming fighters.

Answer 3

(historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire

Answer 4

(historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire

Answer 5

(historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire

historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades

(when used broadly) any Arab

Answer 6

The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi, which is itself derived from the Arabic word شرقيين sharqiyyin ("easterners"). The word was used in the early centuries of the Roman Empire to describe a nomadic Arab tribe from the Sinai Desert. Later the Greek-speaking subjects of the Empire applied it to all Arabs. After the rise of Islam, and especially at the time of the Crusades, its usage was extended to what today are called Muslims, particularly those in Sicily and southern Italy. In older Western historical literature, the term "Saracen Empire" was often used to refer to the Arab Caliphate under the rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. The Saracens are credited with many mathematical advances and inventions used in the modern world, including table and bed linens, sherbet and ice cream, and cultivated peaches and strawberries.[1] In modern times, "Saracen" has also commonly been applied to Mediterranean pirates.

In Christian writing, the name was made to mean "those empty of Sarah" or "not from Sarah," as Arabs were, in Biblical genealogies, descended from Hagar and also called the Hagarenes. According to the Arthurian Lancelot-Grail Cycle, the name derives from Sarras, an island important in the Quest for the Holy Grail.

John of Damascus described the Saracens in the early 8th century :

There is also the people-deceiving cult (threskeia) of the Ishmaelites, the forerunner of the Antichrist, which prevails until now. It derives from Ishmael, who was born to Abraham from Hagar, wherefore they are called Hagarenes and Ishmaelites. And they call them Saracens, inasmuch as they were [sent away] empty-handed by Sarah (ek tes Sarras kenous); for it was said to the angel by Hagar: "Sarah has sent me away empty-handed" (cf. Genesis xxi. 10, 14).
These, then, were idolators and worshippers of the morning star and Aphrodite whom in fact they called Chabar in their own language, which means "great." So until the times of Heraclius they were plain idolators. From that time till now a false prophet appeared among them, surnamed Muhammad (Mamed), who, having happened upon the Old and the New Testament and apparently having conversed, in like manner, with an Arian monk, put together his own heresy. And after ingratiating himself with the people by a pretence of piety, he spread rumours of a scripture (graphe) brought down to him from heaven. So, having drafted some ludicrous doctrines in his book, he handed over to them this form of worship (to sebas).
John might actually have been referring to Allat in this writing, as Allat is a pre-Islamic goddess equated with Aphrodite.

Answer 7

Scarlette Mommy did her homework.