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mor (s.xii3/4)
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mor (s.xii3/4)

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more;  moor,  moure  
  FEW:  Maurus 6/i,546b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: more 6,248 DEAF:  mor 2  DMF:  maure  TLF:  maure  OED:  Moor n.2  MED:  more n.2  DMLBS:  maurus 1 1738b

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demonymMoor, an inhabitant of Mauritania, or any person of dark skin: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Un autre pople i ad, as mors sunt veisin  Rom Chev ANTS 6735
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  e fist chaunter tote nuyt le servise ke apartent as moors mout beel e mout honurément  Turpin 65
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Plus est neir que n'est un Mor  Gui War 7262
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Plorra en enfern ou n'iert ke ly socure Entre les Sathanas ke sunt si neirs cum moure  Rom 13 511

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See also:

maurin  morisk  Mortaigne 
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