Moslem

[ moz-luhm, mos- ]

adjective, noun,plural Mos·lems, Mos·lem.

Other words from Moslem

  • an·ti-Mos·lem, adjective, noun, plural an·ti-Mos·lems, an·ti-Mos·lem.
  • half-Mos·lem, adjective, noun, plural half-Moslems, half-Moslem.
  • non-Mos·lem, adjective, noun, plural non-Mos·lems, non-Mos·lem.
  • pre-Mos·lem, adjective, noun, plural pre-Mos·lems, pre-Mos·lem.
  • pro-Mos·lem, adjective, noun, plural pro-Mos·lems, pro-Mos·lem.
  • pseu·do-Mos·lem, adjective, noun, plural pseu·do-Mos·lems, pseu·do-Mos·lem.

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How to use Moslem in a sentence

  • The presumption that Palestinian Islamists, brothers of Egypt's Moslem Brothers, are a rising force seems increasingly weird.

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  • There will also be a park to be called the Salah ed Din Park, after the Moslem warrior of Crusader times.

  • Richard felt—but perchance he was wrong—a quiver run through the Moslem; only for an instant, if at all.

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • Ten days since it befell that Moslem corsairs landed by night at Cefalu, and stormed your father's castle.

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • As you won honor after honor, and Christian and Moslem lauded you, was your gladness greater than mine?

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • Old knights were praying Charlemagne's prayer at Roncesvalles—that the day might lengthen while they hunted the Moslem.

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • Richard gave it as his last battle-cry, and swung Trenchefer to beat through the Moslem's guard; when lo!

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis

British Dictionary definitions for Moslem

Moslem

/ (ˈmɒzləm) /


noun, adjectiveplural -lems or -lem
  1. an old-fashioned variant of Muslim

Derived forms of Moslem

  • Moslemism, noun archaic

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Cultural definitions for Moslem

Moslem

See Muslim.

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