Mooressn.

Brit.

/mʊəˈrɛs/,

/mɔːˈrɛs/,

/ˈmʊərᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmʊ(ə)rəs/

Forms: 1600s Mooresse, 1600s– Mooress.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Moor n.², -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < Moor n.² + -ess suffix¹. Compare French Moresse (1611 in Cotgrave; rare).

A female Moor.

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Mooress1611

Moresque1895

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moresque, a Mooresse, a shee Moore, a blacke woman.

1677 Holyoake's Large Dict. i. at Moor A shee moor, or mooress, morula.

1835 T. Campbell Epist. from Algiers to H. Smith in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1907) 320 The Mooresses, shrouded in white.

1891 H. Caine Scapegoat II. x. 232 A matronly Mooress.

1907 Mod. Lang. Notes 22 78 The plot of the Double Marriage appears to be borrowed from the story of Bernardo and the Mooress.

1989 A. Walker Temple of my Familiar ii. 195 Did you never wonder why..there are only Moors (defined as men) and no Mooresses?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mooress
释义	Mooressn. Brit. /mʊəˈrɛs/, /mɔːˈrɛs/, /ˈmʊərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmʊ(ə)rəs/ Forms: 1600s Mooresse, 1600s– Mooress. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Moor n.², -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < Moor n.² + -ess suffix¹. Compare French Moresse (1611 in Cotgrave; rare). A female Moor. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > Moors > person > woman Mooress1611 Moresque1895 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moresque, a Mooresse, a shee Moore, a blacke woman. 1677 Holyoake's Large Dict. i. at Moor A shee moor, or mooress, morula. 1835 T. Campbell Epist. from Algiers to H. Smith in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1907) 320 The Mooresses, shrouded in white. 1891 H. Caine Scapegoat II. x. 232 A matronly Mooress. 1907 Mod. Lang. Notes 22 78 The plot of the Double Marriage appears to be borrowed from the story of Bernardo and the Mooress. 1989 A. Walker Temple of my Familiar ii. 195 Did you never wonder why..there are only Moors (defined as men) and no Mooresses? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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