Morisco

American  

[muh-ris-koh] / məˈrɪs koʊ /

adjective

1. Moorish.

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noun

• Moriscos,
  plural
• Moriscoes
  plural

1. a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.

Morisco British  

/ məˈrɪskəʊ, məˈrɛskəʊ /

noun

1. a Spanish Moor

2. a morris dance

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adjective

1. another word for Moorish

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Moriscoes
  plural
• Moriscos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Morisco

1540–50; < Spanish, equivalent to Mor ( o ) Moor + -isco adj. suffix

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Morisco Moriscoes Moriscos

The doomed man is an aged and devout Morisco, who has saved money by his industry.

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

Nor, though the Morisco king had retired to rest, did the guard oppose any difficulty to their passing into his dwelling.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

The loss fell most severely on the Spanish chivalry, whose showy dress naturally drew the attention of the well-trained Morisco marksmen.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

Yet their discontent was expressed in more audacious terms than usual at the protection afforded by their commander to the Morisco women, of whom there were more than two thousand in the place.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

The Spaniard was nerved by the confidence of victory, the Morisco by the energy of despair.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

The Moriscoes in Spain were no longer an independent race, but under the sway of Morocco.

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

The Christians had their St. Isidore, a famed historian and theological writer, and the Moriscoes acclaimed the sagacious El Begi, 'whose knowledge was a marvel.'

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

He told the Moriscoes that he had been sent to restore order to Granada, and that those who had proved loyal would find themselves protected in all their rights.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

Behind lay the town of Bubion, the capital of the district, in which, considering it as a place of safety, many of the wealthier Moriscoes had deposited their women and their treasures.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

Two thousand Moriscoes succeeded in making their escape to the camp of Aben-Humeya.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

But some Sunnis also practiced taqiyya, particularly the Moriscos, Muslims who were forced to convert to Catholicism in Spain during the 1500s.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2015

Only in his flamenco-flavored encore, Manuel Serrapi's "Aires Moriscos," could Moreno coax a richer, more resonant timbre from his instrument.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2015

He served in the campaign of 1569-1571 against the Moriscos, and in 1572 wrote a rhymed history of the city of Lorca which remained unpublished till 1889.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

In the winter of 1609–10 the Moriscos were also expelled from Aragon, Murcia, Andalucia, and Cataluña, and other places.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

But the State determined to drive the Moriscos from Spain, as it had banished the Jews in 1492.

From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis) Conway

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