Mussulman
Americannoun
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Mussulmans
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of Mussulman
1555–65; < Persian Musulmān (plural) < Arabic Muslimūn, plural of Muslim Muslim
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To the Faithful, holiest of months is Ramadan when by command of the prophet no Mussulman may eat from dawn to sunset.
From Time Magazine Archive
To correspondents at Taza, Krim said: "I am under the safe-keeping of France, whose sentiments toward the Mussulman populations I know well."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Illustrious Magician: wifely devotion, the burning quest of gaunt dervish and the dilemma of a thorougbred Mussulman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Regent, being a Mussulman, did not take wine, though he provided it for his guests.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
I have become a Mussulman and my people know it not.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet
The President was moved to say: At Angora, the Grand National Assembly passed a bill providing for the deposition of Abdul Medjid Effendi, Caliph of all the Mussulmans.
From Time Magazine Archive
At one the Hindus take water in pitchers and call it ' jal' ; at another the Mussulmans take water in leather bags and call it 'pani.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Next year, the Quraish will cease all opposition to the visit of the Mussulmans to the Holy Places where they may sojourn for three days, but only carrying the arms permitted to pilgrims: sheathed sabres.'
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet
Thanks to assistance of the Yasrib Mussulmans, they would be victorious.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet
Urdu, or Urdū zabān, “the language of the camp,” is the name usually employed for Hindostani by natives, and is now the standard form of speech used by Mussulmans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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