shiite

English Thesaurus

1. a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs (noun.person)

hypernym	:	moslem, muslim,
definition	:	a believer in or follower of Islam (noun.person)

member meronym	:	shia, shiah, shiah islam,
definition	:	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran (noun.group)