morisco
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Is morisco a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) A Moor, especially one who had converted to Christianity.Examples: "In May, 1600, the Count of Benavente, then viceroy of Valencia, was ordered to report whether the Moriscos of that kingdom had any intelligence with France."; "It is not uncommon for the reader of many histories of the expulsion of the Moriscos, both those written at the time and more modern ones, to be left with the impression that the expulsion was an enterprise carried out without opposition, an act accepted both by the Moriscos, who directly suffered from it, […]"historical
2. (architecture) The Moorish style of architecture.Examples: "Ambrosio de Letinez, a fictitious hero of the early nineteenth century, accurately described the typical architecture of northern Mexico: “The style of building is the Morisco … throughout … Mexico; that is to say, the houses are almost universally one story high, with flat terrace roofs and few windows to the street. […]”"
3. (dance, obsolete) The morris dance.Examples: "Your wit skips a morisco; but, by the brightest spangle of tire, I vouchsafe you entire unaffected favour."obsolete
4. (dance, obsolete) A morris dancer.Examples: "I have seen / Him caper upright like a wild Morisco, / Shaking the bloody darts as he his bells."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary