Hashemite
noun
Hash·em·ite
ˈha-shə-ˌmīt 
variants
or Hashimite
: a member of an Arab family having common ancestry with Muhammad and founding dynasties in countries of the eastern Mediterranean
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Faisal, part of the Hashemite clan from what is today Saudi Arabia, had briefly taken portions of present-day Syria from the French.
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
The constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan dictates that the throne is passed down through King Abdullah Ibn Al-Hussein's dynasty in a hereditary line of male heirs.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Current and former Jordanian leaders say the influx of a new wave of Palestinians would pose an existential threat to the country and destabilize the Hashemite dynasty represented by Abdullah and his ancestors.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
An annexation crisis in the West Bank could spur enormous refugee flows into Jordan that might destabilize the Hashemite kingdom for good.
—Rosemary Kelanic, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
The constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan dictates that the throne is passed down through King Abdullah Ibn Al-Hussein's dynasty in a hereditary line of male heirs.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Current and former Jordanian leaders say the influx of a new wave of Palestinians would pose an existential threat to the country and destabilize the Hashemite dynasty represented by Abdullah and his ancestors.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
An annexation crisis in the West Bank could spur enormous refugee flows into Jordan that might destabilize the Hashemite kingdom for good.
—Rosemary Kelanic, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Hashemite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hashemite. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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