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Webster 1913 Edition

Moor

Moor

(moōr)
,
Noun.
[F.
More
,
Maure
, L.
Maurus
a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr.
Μαῦρος
; cf.
μαῦροσ
black, dark. Cf.
Morris
a dance,
Morocco
.]
1.
One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
2.
(Hist.)
Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Muslim religion.
“In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous.”
Internat. Cyc.

Moor

,
Noun.
[OE.
mor
, AS.
mōr
moor, morass; akin to D.
moer
moor, G.
moor
, and prob. to Goth.
marei
sea, E.
mere
. See
Mere
a lake.]
1.
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
In her girlish age she kept sheep on the
moor
.
Carew.
2.
A game preserve consisting of moorland.
Moor buzzard
(Zool.)
,
the marsh harrier.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Moor coal
(Geol.)
,
a friable variety of lignite.
–
Moor cock
(Zool.)
,
the male of the
moor fowl
or red grouse of Europe.
–
Moor coot
.
(Zool.)
See
Gallinule
.
–
Moor game
.
(Zool.)
Same as
Moor fowl
.
–
Moor grass
(Bot.)
,
a tufted perennial grass (
Sesleria caerulea
), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
–
Moor hawk
(Zool.)
,
the marsh harrier.
–
Moor hen
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The female of the
moor fowl
.
(b)
A gallinule, esp. the European species. See
Gallinule
.
(c)
An Australian rail (
Tribonyx ventralis
).
–
Moor monkey
(Zool.)
,
the black macaque of Borneo (
Macacus maurus
).
–
Moor titling
(Zool.)
,
the European stonechat (
Pratinocola rubicola
).

Moor

(moōr)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Moored
(moōrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mooring
.]
[Prob. fr. D.
marren
to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See
Mar
.]
1.
(Naut.)
To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains;
as, the vessel was
moored
in the stream; they
moored
the boat to the wharf.
2.
Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
Brougham.

Moor

,
Verb.
I.
To cast anchor; to become fast.
On oozy ground his galleys
moor
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Moor

MOOR

, n.
1.
A tract of land overrun with heath.
2.
A marsh; a fen; a tract of wet low ground, or ground covered with stagnant water.

MOOR

,
Noun.
[Gr. dark, obscure.] A native of the northern coast of Africa, called by the Romans from the color of the people, Mauritania, the country of dark-complexioned people. The same country is now called Morocco, Tunis, Algiers, &c.

MOOR

,
Verb.
T.
[L. moror.] To confine or secure a ship in a particular station, as by cables and anchors or by chains. A ship is never said to be moored, when she rides by a single anchor.

MOOR

,
Verb.
I.
To be confined by cables or chains.
On oozy ground his galleys moor.

Definition 2024

Moor

Moor

See also: moor, мөөг, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

English

Noun

Moor ‎(plural Moors)

  1. (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Numidia.
  2. (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Berber origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
  3. (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
  4. (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
  5. A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mōr, mūr, from Old Saxon mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Dutch moer, English moor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːɐ̯/
  • Homophone: Mohr
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

Moor n ‎(genitive Moors or Moores, plural Moore)

  1. mire, bog, fen

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moor

moor

See also: Moor, мөөг, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

English

Usage notes

More is not a homophone in Northern UK accents, while mooer is homophonous only in those accents.

Noun

moor ‎(plural moors)

  1. an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
    A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.
    • Carew
      In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
  2. a game preserve consisting of moorland
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Etymology 2

From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-Germanic *mairōną ‎(“to moor, fasten to”). Cognate with Dutch aanmeren ‎(“to moor”).

Verb

moor ‎(third-person singular simple present moors, present participle mooring, simple past and past participle moored)

  1. (intransitive) To cast anchor or become fastened.
  2. (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.
  3. (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

from Moor (North African people, became synonymous with Saracene)

Noun

moor m ‎(plural moren, diminutive moortje n)

  1. Something black, notably a black horse
  2. A whistling kettle, used to boil water in, as for tea or coffee

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Derived terms

  • moorkop

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Estonian

Noun

moor ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. grimalkin

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian māra, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.

Adjective

moor

  1. more

Adverb

moor

  1. more

Etymology

From French More, Maure, from Latin Maurus ‎(“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), possibly from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος ‎(Maûros), μαυρός ‎(maurós, “black, dark”), an aphetic form of ἀμαυρός ‎(amaurós, “dark, obscure”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊ(ə)ɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(r)

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