moslem

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moslem - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Moslem \Mos"lem\ (m[o^]z"l[e^]m), n.; pl. Moslems
     (m[o^]z"l[e^]mz), or collectively Moslem. [Ar. muslim a
     true believer in the Mohammedan 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 Mohammedan.
     [Written also muslim.] "Heaps of slaughtered Moslem."
     --Macaulay.
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           They piled the ground with Moslem slain. --Halleck.
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  Moslem \Mos"lem\ (m[o^]z"l[e^]m), a.
     Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem
     lands; the Moslem faith.
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moslem - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Moslem
      adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art"
             [syn: Muslim, Moslem, Islamic]
      n 1: a believer in or follower of Islam [syn: Muslim,
           Moslem]