Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Semite \Sem"ite\, n.
   One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
   [Written also {Shemite}.]

Source : WordNet®

Semite
     adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite
           peoples" [syn: {Semitic}]
     n : a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the
         Middle East and northern Africa