Morisco

American  

[muh-ris-koh] / məˈrɪs koʊ /

adjective

1. Moorish.

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noun

plural

Moriscos, Moriscoes

1. a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.

Morisco British  

/ məˈrɪskəʊ, məˈrɛskəʊ /

noun

1. a Spanish Moor

2. a morris dance

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adjective

1. another word for Moorish

Etymology

Origin of Morisco

1540–50; < Spanish, equivalent to Mor ( o ) Moor + -isco adj. suffix

Example Sentences

He, with the others, were taken into the French lines, but he was so ill when they retired a few days after, that they were obliged to leave him in Morisco.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William

The story of this siege records several examples of these Morisco heroines, whose ferocious valour emulated the doughtiest achievements of the other sex.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling

The Morisco prince, after carrying the war up to the borders of Murcia, laid siege to two or three places of strength in that quarter.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling

We have now reached the last days of the Morisco rule in Seville.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

The reconciled and converted Morisco had to live among his conquerors.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)