Moor
nounproper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//mɔː//
- United Kingdom//mʊə//
- United States//mʊɹ//
- United States//mɔɹ//
A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
noun
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historicalA member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
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historicalA member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
[King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary, How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?
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archaicA Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
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datedA person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
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A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
Etymology
From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”). Doublet of Moro.
proper noun
- 1
A surname. A surname from Irish.
- 2
A surname. An English surname transferred from the given name.
Forms
- plural
- Moors
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