Meaning of MOSLEM
Pronunciation: | | 'mâzlum
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- [n] a believer or follower of Islam
- [adj] of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art"
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| Synonyms: | | Islamic, Mohammedan, Muhammadan, Muhammedan, Muslim, Muslim |
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| See Also: | | begum, Berber, calif, caliph, fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir, Fatima, Fatimah, imam, imaum, Islam, Islamism, kalif, kaliph, khalif, Mohammadanism, Mohammedanism, Mollah, Moor, Mulla, Mullah, Muslimism, religionist, religious person, Saracen, Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Sunni, Sunnite | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mos"lem\, n.; pl. {Moslems}, or collectively {Moslem}.
[Ar. muslim a true believer in the Mohammedan faith, fr.
salama to submit to God, to resign one's self to the divine
will. Cf. {Islam}, {Mussulman}.]
A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also {muslim}.]
``Heaps of slaughtered Moslem.'' --Macaulay.
They piled the ground with Moslem slain. --Halleck.
\Mos"lem\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem
lands; the Moslem faith.
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