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Mohrin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • moor noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
  • negro noun A dated and now offensive term for a Black person, once in common formal use but now considered outdated and inappropriate.

Senses

Mohrin 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.
  • negress (dated, literary, now, offensive, and, an, _) A black female.
  • negro (dated, now, offensive) A person of black African ancestry.

moor — full definition

  1. noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
  2. verb To tie up and fix a boat in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.

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