Spanish

Noun

moros y cristianos m pl ‎(plurale tantum)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see moros,‎ y,‎ cristianos.
2. a traditional festival celebrated in various cities across Spain, during which a mediaeval battle between pompously dressed Moors and Christians is simulated, ending with the Christians retaking the city
   • 2003, Marlène Albert-Llorca, José Antonio González Alcantud, Moros y Cristianos, Presses Universitaires du Mirail, page 12:

     Los misioneros que introdujeron las comedias de moros y cristianos en el Nuevo Mundo hicieron de la oposición moros/cristianos una metáfora de la oposición entre indios y cristianos.

     The missionaries who introduced the Moor and Christian comedies into the New World turned the Moors/Christians opposition into a metaphor of the opposition between Indians and Christians.