Moor — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blackamoor noun (dated) A person with very dark skin, especially someone from North Africa.
- moor noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
Senses
Moor is used for these senses in English:
- Moor (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
- blackamoor (archaic, heraldry, now, offensive) A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.
blackamoor — full definition
- noun (dated) A person with very dark skin, especially someone from North Africa.
- noun (dated, offensive) An old term for a black person kept as a slave or worker, later used for anyone treated as inferior, including servants and children.
moor — full definition
- noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
- verb To tie up and fix a boat in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.
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