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Meaning of MUZARAB

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Muz"a*rab\, n. [Sp. mozarabe, fr. Ar. mosta'rib, a name
applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs.] (Eccl.
Hist.)
One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the
government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and
ritual of their own. [Written also {Mozarab}, {Mostarab}.]
--Brande & C.
 
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