Semite UK /ˈsiː.maɪt/US /ˈsɛm.aɪt/ noun5 •A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language. •A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs, or Aksumites. •A descendant of any of these peoples. •(offensive) A Jew. •A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem. formsSemites