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Muslim

[ muhz-lim, mooz-, moos- ]

/ ˈmʌz lɪm, ˈmʊz-, ˈmʊs- /

adjective

of or relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.

noun, plural Mus·lims, Mus·lim.

an adherent of Islam.

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Also Moslem, Muslem (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin of Muslim

<Arabic, literally, a person who submits. See Islam

OTHER WORDS FROM Muslim

half-Muslim, adjectivenon-Muslim, adjective, noun, plural non-Mus·lims, non-Mus·lim.pre-Muslim, adjective, nounpro-Muslim, adjective, noun

pseudo-Muslim, adjective, noun

Words nearby Muslim

musk rose, musk thistle, musk turtle, musky, Muslem, Muslim, Muslim Brothers, Society of the, Muslim calendar, Muslim Era, Muslims, Shi'ite and Sunni, muslin

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Example sentences from the Web for Muslim

Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The governor of Punjab province, a Muslim man, called publicly for leniency for her.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Just then an Oriya servant of the Muslim had visited Katak in disguise.
Chaitanya's Life And Teachings|Krishna das Kaviraja
Faith is defined by Muslim theologians as: "Confession with the tongue and belief with the heart."
The Faith of Islam|Edward Sell
The Mutazilites teach that the Muslim who enters hell will remain there for ever.
The Faith of Islam|Edward Sell
Three more turbaned Muslim soldiers joined those coming at Daoud.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel|Robert Shea
Is it not enough for me to have killed a Muslim, that a Christian should be killed on my account?
The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for Muslim

Muslim

Moslem

/ (ˈmʊzlɪm, ˈmʌz-) /

noun plural -lims or -lim

a follower of the religion of Islam

adjective

of or relating to Islam, its doctrines, culture, etc

Derived forms of Muslim

Muslimism or Moslemism, noun old-fashioned, derogatory

Word Origin for Muslim

C17: from Arabic, literally: one who surrenders

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