a Jew or a Christian who recognizes the authority and superiority of Islam
an infidel who lives under the subjugation of Islam
a non-Muslim living under the protection of a Muslim state
a non-Muslim tolerated under Shari a, Islamic rule
Non-Muslim "People of the Book" (i.e., Christians and Jews) in Islamic society.
(Arabic) Christian, Jew or Zoroastrian living in a Muslim state. Dhimmi are supposed to wear special dress and pay the jizyah tax. They are exempt (or forbidden) from fighting and from paying the Muslim Zakah tax.
A resident of a Muslim state who is a member of an officially-tolerated non-Islamic religion, such as Judaism or Christianity. In theory and in practice, a dhimmi has fewer legal rights and obligations than a Muslim.
Literally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus. (p. 291)
A dhimmi (Ottoman Turkish zimmi, , collectively: أهل الذمة, ahl al-dhimma, the people of the dhimma or pact of protection) was a "free" (i.e. non-slave), non-Muslim subject of a state governed in accordance with sharia — Islamic law. A dhimmi is a person of the dhimma, a term which refers in Islamic law to a pact contracted between non-Muslims and authorities from their Muslim government. This status was originally only made available to non-Muslims who were People of the Book (i.e.