Muslim
Americannoun
adjective
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Derived Forms
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Muslimismnoun
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anti-Muslimadjective
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half-Muslimadjective
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non-Muslimadjective
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pre-Muslimadjective
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pro-Muslimadjective
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pseudo-Muslimadjective
Inflected Forms
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Etymology
Origin of Muslim
< Arabic, literally, a person who submits. See Islam
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Next year, the opening race is set to revert to Bahrain after two years in Australia as a result of the timing of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The funeral was marked by the ritual sacrifice of two horses as part of the marapu rite, which most inhabitants of Sumba still follow, whether Christian or Muslim.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
"This once again highlights that the threat facing Muslim communities is real, not imagined," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The state’s now-thriving Muslim community was still developing at the time.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Imagine a Muslim version of the American Gothic couple, with a beard on the husband and a black hijab on the wife.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Shia Muslims make up roughly 10% to 15% of the world’s Muslims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Elsewhere, Mr. Ryrie walks through the elaborate and charged categories—“pagan,” “heathen”—Europeans developed to understand the spiritual condition of Africans, Muslims, Jews and indigenous people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The foundation sought to recruit Muslims to spray-paint "sacred graffiti" in the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Dzeko was six years old when the Bosnian War began in 1992, a conflict that cost the lives of around 80,000 fellow Bosnian Muslims.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
And when the judge asked him, the boy admitted that he didn’t know any Muslims personally.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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