Moors
See also: moors
English
Etymology 1
From Dutch Moors (“Moorish”), or directly from Moor + -s (after e.g. Scots).
Proper noun
Moors
- (British India, obsolete) Hindustani; Urdu. [18th–19th c.]
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 206:
- [I]t was decided that we should stop to let them refresh themselves at a small village called Woolburreah, where we all landed, Colonel Watson undertaking to procure curry and rice for us, for which purpose he began to speak Moors to the natives, which excited our mirth.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 206:
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “Moors”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
Moors
- plural of Moor
Proper noun
Moors (plural Moorses or Moors)
- A surname.
- A surname from Irish.
- An English surname transferred from the given name.
Anagrams
- Moros, rooms, smoor
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːrs/
Proper noun
Moors
- a surname
German
Pronunciation
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Noun
Moors
- genitive singular of Moor