Muslim
Americannoun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- Muslimism noun
- anti-Muslim adjectiveanti-Muslim, anti-Muslims
- half-Muslim adjectivehalf-Muslim, half-Muslims
- non-Muslim adjectivenon-Muslim, non-Muslims
- pre-Muslim adjectivepre-Muslim, pre-Muslims
- pro-Muslim adjectivepro-Muslim, pro-Muslims
- pseudo-Muslim adjectivepseudo-Muslim, pseudo-Muslims
Etymology
Origin of Muslim
< Arabic, literally, a person who submits. See Islam
Compare meaning
How does muslim compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
One side of this oddly-shaped constituency is home to lots of university students and graduates and the population is 40% Muslim.
From BBC
It's nearly 200 years since the birth of a British aristocrat who became the first Muslim member of the House of Lords.
From BBC
Many of the victims of jihadist violence are Muslim, according to organisations monitoring political violence in Nigeria.
From BBC
She urged the court to give closure to the victims and the wider Muslim community.
From Barron's
Many young women in northern Nigeria's conservative Muslim city of Kano marry as early as 18.
From Barron's
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
