Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Canaanite \Ca"naan*ite\, n.
   1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of
      Noah.

   2. A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a
      member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the
      time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

Canaanite \Ca"naan*ite\, n. [From an Aramaic word signifying
   ``zeal.'']
   A zealot. ``Simon the Canaanite.'' --Matt. x. 4.

   Note: This was the ``Simon called Zelotes'' (--Luke vi. 15),
         i.e., Simon the zealot. --Kitto.

Source : WordNet®

Canaanite
     n 1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan
          before it was conquered by the Israelites
     2: the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied
        Canaan before the Israelite conquest