moslem Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a believer in or follower of Islam
    Muslim.
  2. adjective of or relating to or supporting Islamism
    Islamic; Muslim.
    • Islamic art

WordNet

Mos"lem noun
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
plural Moslems or collectively Moslem
Definitions
  1. A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. Written also muslim. "Heaps of slaughtered Moslem." Macaulay.
    They piled the ground with Moslem slain. Halleck.
Mos"lem adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem lands; the Moslem faith.

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