Morisco
Americanadjective
noun
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Moriscos,
plural
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Moriscoes
plural
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
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Toledo was recovered, amid the rejoicings of the Christian host, who anticipated a speedy delivery from the Morisco domination.
From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
We have now reached the last days of the Morisco rule in Seville.
From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
The Morisco women, especially, who had married Christian husbands and embraced Christianity, which they refused to abjure, became the objects of vengeance to their own sex.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
In consequence a considerable body of Barbary Moors crossed the sea, and entered into the service of the Morisco chief.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
In the earlier English allusions it is called Morisco, a Moor, and this indicates its origin from Spain.
From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William
The Moriscoes, who understood his character well, held him in terror, as they proved by the familiar sobriquet which they gave him of the "iron-headed devil."
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
The Moriscoes still retained much of that jealous sensibility which leads the natives of the East to seclude their wives and daughters from the eye of the stranger.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
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 Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
Lagrimas—Little soldier, thou wast to conquer the Moriscoes; and capture Hafiz, the enemy of King Philip.
From Six One-Act Plays by Oliver, Margaret Scott
It seems to have given little uneasiness to Deza, who had anticipated some such attempt from the turbulent spirit of the Moriscoes.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
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
The Moors of Isabella's day were not the liberal-minded, cultivated people they had been under the Ommiade caliphs four centuries earlier, and the persecuted Moriscos of Philip III's time were far lower in standing.
From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
The Moriscos became the most skilful and industrious agriculturists of Spain, but they were an alien element of the population and from time to time irritating edicts were issued for their control.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles
The expulsion of the Moriscos was one of the most prominent causes of her decline, and no indications of a recovery have yet been shown.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles
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