Morisco
Americanadjective
noun
noun
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a Spanish Moor
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a morris dance
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Morisco
1540–50; < Spanish, equivalent to Mor ( o ) Moor + -isco adj. suffix
Example Sentences
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He, with the others, were taken into the French lines, but he was so ill when they retired a few days after, that they were obliged to leave him in Morisco.
From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William
Through the gateway we enter the quiet retreat of the Patio de los Naranjas, or the Court of the Oranges, which formed the courtyard of the ancient Morisco temple.
From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
Stooping forward, he graciously raised the Morisco chief from the ground, and, returning him his sword, bade him employ it henceforth in the service of the king.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
Quixada, as he pressed forward with his column, drove the Morisco fugitives before him, until they vanished in the recesses of the mountains.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
Seron was a town of some strength, situated on the slope of the sierra, and defended by a castle held by a Morisco garrison.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
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