Muslim

[ muhz-lim, mooz-, moos- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.

noun

, plural Mus·lims, Mus·lim.

1. an adherent of Islam.
2. Black Muslim.

Muslim

/ ˈmʌz-; ˈmʊzlɪm /

noun

1. a follower of the religion of Islam

adjective

1. of or relating to Islam, its doctrines, culture, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈMuslimism, noun

Other Words From

• an·ti-Muslim adjective noun plural antiMuslims antiMuslim
• half-Mus·lim adjective noun plural halfMuslims halfMuslim
• non-Mus·lim adjective noun plural nonMuslims nonMuslim
• pre-Mus·lim adjective noun plural preMuslims preMuslim
• pro-Mus·lim adjective noun plural proMuslims proMuslim
• pseu·do-Mus·lim adjective noun plural pseudoMuslims pseudoMuslim

Word History and Origins

Origin of Muslim¹

< Arabic, literally, a person who submits. See Islam

Word History and Origins

Origin of Muslim¹

C17: from Arabic, literally: one who surrenders

Example Sentences

At the time, Texas allowed only Christian and Muslim chaplains to attend executions.

From Washington Post

Stand-up comedy is still in a nascent stage in India, and Faruqui was among a small group of comics and an even smaller group of Muslim comics.

From Time

Indonesia is a majority Muslim country, but Aceh is the only province with Shariah law.

From Washington Blade

Much of it is a backlash to immigration in general and Muslim communities in particular.

From ProPublica

If you think about it, the biggest mistake in a way in the partition of Pakistan and India was all the Muslim-majority areas became Pakistan, so the people who were left in India are scattered around.

From Ozy

Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.

From The Daily Beast

Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.

From The Daily Beast

In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.

From The Daily Beast

The governor of Punjab province, a Muslim man, called publicly for leniency for her.

From The Daily Beast

He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.

From The Daily Beast

From the Muslim schools of Arabia came the first teachers of modern science to Europe.

From Project Gutenberg

He washed and went through the mummery of muslim prayers for the watchful mullah's sake, and climbed on to his bed.

From Project Gutenberg

A most important Muslim tradition says that Muhammad declares this sura to be equal to a third of the rest of the Koran.

From Project Gutenberg

Said by Muslim commentators to be one of the last ten nights of Ramadhan, the seventh of those nights reckoning backwards.

From Project Gutenberg

Muslim commentators hold that the Paraclete (Comforter) promised in John xvi.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adherent
• believer
• devotee