Narrowly, a citizen of the British mandated territory of Palestine (1922-48). Generally, a Muslim or Christian native or descendant of a native of the region between the Egyptian Sinai and Lebanon and west of the Jordan River-Dead Sea-Gulf of Aqaba line who identifies himself primarily as a Palestinian.

a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine

an ethnic group of Arabs formerly living in Palestine

of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants; "Palestinian guerrillas"