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Date "HOUSSAIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: HOUSSAIN

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Literature1: "If Prince Houssain's flying tapestry or Astolpho's hippogriff had been shown, he would have judged them by the ordinary rules, and preferred a well-hung chariot." - Sir Walter Scott.
2: Houssain (Prince). Brother of Prince Ahmed. He possessed a piece of carpet or tapestry of such wonderful power that anyone had only to sit upon it, end it would transport him in a moment to any place to which he desired to go. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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