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

Such politic concessions by the Spaniards had doubtless their influence in opening the eyes of the Morisco leaders to the folly of protracting the war in their present desperate circumstances.

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

The reconciled and converted Morisco had to live among his conquerors.

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

But the prince was greatly chagrined by seeing the rapid extension of the Morisco domain.

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

We have now reached the last days of the Morisco rule in Seville.

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

The exterior of the Cathedral is a type of the finest Spanish Gothic architecture, though the incorporated Giralda Tower is distinctly Morisco, and much older in style.

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

Defeated in this quarter, the Moriscoes determined to lay their remonstrance before the throne.

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

These impolitic edicts, as they were irritating to the Moriscoes, were but preludes to an ordinance of so astounding a character as to throw the whole country into a state of revolution.

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

It was held by a fierce band of Moriscoes, who, descending from the heights, swept over the plains, carrying on devastating forays, that made them the terror of the surrounding country.

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

When the insurrection of the Moriscoes broke out in 1568, the eyes of men naturally turned on Don John of Austria, as the person who would most likely be sent to suppress it.

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

During the earlier years of his reign, the king's attention was too closely occupied with foreign affairs to leave him much leisure for those of the Moriscoes.

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

In the year 1600 appeared, at Malaga, his second work, the "Historia del Rebelion y Castigo de los Moriscos del Reyno de Granada," in one volume, folio.

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

Its political excuse was negotiations between the Moriscos and English to effect a rising against Felipe III.

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

In 1560 the Moriscos were forbidden to employ African slaves, for fear that they might make infidels of them.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Charles Morris

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