Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wahabee \Wa*ha"bee\, n. [Ar. wah[=a]bi.]
   A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of
   Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the
   Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence,
   extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.
   [Written also {Wahaby}.]