Islamite

American  

[is-lah-mahyt, iz-, is-luh-mahyt, iz-] / ɪsˈlɑ maɪt, ɪz-, ˈɪs ləˌmaɪt, ˈɪz- /

noun

1. a Muslim.

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Etymology

Origin of Islamite

First recorded in 1790–1800; Islam + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Then the Islamite host advanced and offered fight with weapons ready dight, and King Zau al-Makan and Afridun made to charge one at other.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The ideas are mainly pre-Christian; the Brig o’ Dread occurs in Islamite and Iroquois belief, and in almost all mythologies the souls have to cross a River. 

From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew

An Islamite sovereign would not be more oppressive than a Byzantine on the throne of Constantinople or a Persian on the throne of Ctesiphon.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

But, in regard to the whole chapter of savage Supreme Beings, we must, as Mr. Tylor advises, keep watching for Christian and Islamite contamination.

From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew

Among the members of that faith there is equality of right; and every Islamite, by his own industry and character, can enjoy that right in this land.

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)