Moor
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɔː/, /mʊə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mʊɹ/, /mɔɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
editFrom 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.
Noun
editMoor (plural Moors)
- (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Mauretania.
- (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Berber origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
- [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary,
How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?
- (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
- (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
- 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.).
Derived terms
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Translations
edita member of a certain mixed race of Arab and Berber people
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a member of a this race that formerly occupied Spain
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See also
editEtymology 2
editProper noun
editMoor (plural Moors)
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch moor, from Old French maure, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMoor m (plural Moren, diminutive Moortje n, feminine Morin)
- (historical) A Moor (member of a Berber people from western North Africa, also ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages).
- (archaic, offensive) A black person, a negro.
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editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German mōr, mūr, from Old Saxon mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Dutch moer, English moor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMoor n (strong, genitive Moores or Moors, plural Moore)
Declension
editDeclension of Moor [neuter, strong]
Synonyms
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editHyponyms
editHyponyms of Moor
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editFurther reading
edit- “Moor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Moor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Moor” in Duden online
- Moor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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