Hamite

== English == === Alternative forms === Khamite === Etymology === From Ham +‎ -ite. Coined in the first half of the 19th century along with Semite and Japhetite and the adjectives Hamitic, Semitic, Japhetitic. === Noun === Hamite (plural Hamites) A descendant of Ham, son of Noah, a member of the nations or peoples supposedly descended from Ham, i.e. the North African and the Horn African peoples. ==== Derived terms ==== Hamitic Hamitism Hamitoid ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === aimeth, methai