Mussulman
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Mussulman
1555–65; < Persian Musulmān (plural) < Arabic Muslimūn, plural of Muslim Muslim
Example Sentences
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To correspondents at Taza, Krim said: "I am under the safe-keeping of France, whose sentiments toward the Mussulman populations I know well."
From Time Magazine Archive
To the Faithful, holiest of months is Ramadan when by command of the prophet no Mussulman may eat from dawn to sunset.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Illustrious Magician: wifely devotion, the burning quest of gaunt dervish and the dilemma of a thorougbred Mussulman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over and above the dower, the Mussulman husband has to defray household expenses without touching his wife's fortune to which he has no right.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
He was too good a Mussulman to attempt to build up a party among the Christians.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
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