The thing is, the term "Semite" is (except in very archaic contexts) pretty much dictionary-only. It exists, and has semantic validity. But it does not in any

The thing is, the term "Semite" is (except in very archaic contexts) pretty much dictionary-only. It exists, and has semantic validity. But it does not in any way describe a group that has ever had any kind of common identity. Or as Wikipedia (itself a kind of a dictionary) puts it: The terminology is now largely unused outside the grouping "Semitic languages" in linguistics.