Mussulman

[muhs-uhl-muhn]

noun

plural

Mussulmans 

1. a Muslim.

Mussulman

/ ˈmʌsəlmən /

noun

1. an archaic word for Muslim

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mussulman¹

1555–65; < Persian Musulmān (plural) < Arabic Muslimūn, plural of Muslim Muslim

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mussulman¹

C16: from Persian Musulmān (pl) from Arabic Muslimūn, pl of _Muslim

Example Sentences

The apparent success at Byculla jail set off a rapid expansion of production and testing and Haffkine was relocated from his small one-room laboratory to a government-owned bungalow, and then on to a large lodge owned by the spiritual leader the Aga Khan, who also volunteered himself and thousands of members of his Khoja Mussulman community for inoculation.

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Blakely said toxicology tests will determine whether Mussulman was using drugs.

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We know that this tannur has been the occasion of most grotesque imaginings of Mussulman commentators, who had lost the tradition of the story to which Mahomet made allusion.

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Umar, in his turn, approached the ill-fated Mussulman, saying: 'Patience, O Abu Jindal!

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Another caravan soon joined them, and the little Mussulman colony, having taken refuge in Abyssinian territory, was made up of eighty-three men and eighteen women.

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