Moor — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blackamoor noun A person with dark black skin, especially one 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 A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.
- noun A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
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.