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Moors

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Hindustani; Urdu. British, India, obsolete

    "[I]t was decided that we should stop to let them refresh themselves at a small village called Woolburreah, where we all landed, Colonel Watson undertaking to procure curry and rice for us, for which purpose he began to speak Moors to the natives, which excited our mirth."

  2. 2
    A surname.; A surname from Irish.
  3. 3
    A surname.; An English surname transferred from the given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Moor form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of moor form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of moor form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch Moors (“Moorish”), or directly from Moor + -s (after e.g. Scots).

Etymology 2

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