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Webster 1913 Edition


Moslem

Mos′lem

(mŏz′lĕm)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Moslems
(mŏz′lĕmz)
, or collectively
Moslem
.
[Ar.
muslim
a true believer in the Muslim faith, fr.
salama
to submit to God, to resign one’s self to the divine will. Cf.
Islam
,
Mussulman
.]
An adherent of Islam; a Mussulman; an orthodox Muslim.
[Written also
muslim
.]
“Heaps of slaughtered Moslem.”
Macaulay.
They piled the ground with
Moslem
slain.
Halleck.

Mos′lem

(mŏz′lĕm)
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Muslims; Islamic;
as,
Moslem
lands; the
Moslem
faith.

Definition 2024


Moslem

Moslem

See also: moslem

English

Noun

Moslem (plural Moslems)

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of Muslim

Usage notes

  • Muslim has been the more common spelling since the 1940s, and is now at least an order of magnitude more common. The spelling Moslem is frequently retained by anti-Islamic groups.

Adjective

Moslem (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of Muslim

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔslɛm/
  • Hyphenation: Mos‧lem

Noun

Moslem m (genitive Moslems, plural Mosleme or Moslems)

  1. Alternative spelling of Muslim

Derived terms

  • Moslemin

moslem

moslem

See also: Moslem

Estonian

Noun

moslem (genitive moslemi, partitive moslemit)

  1. Muslim

Declension

Synonyms