Ikhwan noun[plural only]2 •The Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928. •(historical) A Wahhabi religious militia of the early 20th century, made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen, which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role in establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
