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Moors

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Hindustani; Urdu.
    British, India, obsolete
  2. A surname.
  3. A surname from Irish.
  4. An English surname transferred from the given name.

Equivalents

Examples

“[I]t was decided that we should stop⟳ to let⟳ them refresh⟳ themselves at a small village called Woolburreah, where we all landed, Colonel Watson undertaking to procure curry and rice for us, for which purpose he began to speak⟳ Moors to the natives, which excited our mirth.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Moorside moorsman Moorsom moorstone Moorswater Moorthorpe

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