moro

Noun
Synonyms: Moro

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern PhilippinesSynonyms: Moro
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Moros \Mo"ros\, n. pl.; sing. Moro. [Sp., pl. of Moro Moor.] (Ethnol.) The Mohammedan tribes of the southern Philippine Islands, said to have formerly migrated from Borneo. Some of them are warlike and addicted to piracy. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Moro \Mo"ro\ (m[=o]"r[-o]), n. [Cf. It. mora mulberry, L. morum.] (Med.) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
Moro \Mo"ro\ (m[=o]"r[-o]), prop. n.; pl. Moros (m[=o]"r[-o]s). [Sp., moor. See moor, n. and Moros.]

1.(Ethnol.) A member of any of the Moros, a group one of various tribes of the southern Phillippine Islands, mostly Malays adhering to Mohammedanism. [PJC]

2.(Linguistics) Any of the languages of the Moro people, of the Austronesian language family. [PJC]

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