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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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 story of this siege records several examples of these Morisco heroines, whose ferocious valour emulated the doughtiest achievements of the other sex.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott
The Morisco artisans, who had become 'reconciled' to the Christian creed, laboured in stone and metal, and there were silk weavers, leather workers, potters, and gold and silver smiths.
From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
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 William Andrews
The Morisco prince, after carrying the war up to the borders of Murcia, laid siege to two or three places of strength in that quarter.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott
Nor was the alarm less that was felt by the Moriscoes in the city, as it was certainly better founded,—for the Moriscoes were the weaker party of the two.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott
This proceeding was regarded by Mondejar's friends as an insult to that nobleman, whose military authority extended over the country menaced by 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
General—The King will give thee freedom and safe passage to Africa if thou wilt but place in his hands the plans of those Moriscoes who head this uprising.
From Six One-Act Plays by Margaret Scott Oliver
Lagrimas—Little soldier, thou wast to conquer the Moriscoes; and capture Hafiz, the enemy of King Philip.
From Six One-Act Plays by Margaret Scott Oliver
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 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 six months one hundred and fifty thousand Moriscos were driven from Spain.
Later the Moriscos or christened Moors supplied the largest number of victims.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
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 Charles Morris
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