Morisco
adjective
Moriscoes
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pluralof Morisco.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The industrial population was deprived of its most skilful and industrious members when the last band of Moriscoes quitted the city.
From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
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
As the Moriscoes had now proclaimed their independence, it became necessary to choose a sovereign in place of the one whose authority they had cast aside.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott
But a dozen women became believers at once, and despite the blare and flare of rival dragons and Moriscoes and the surrounding din and hubbub, the ladle came back full of deniers and sous.
From The Man in Black by Stanley John Weyman
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
