† tawny-moorn.

Etymology: < tawny adj. + Moor n.²: compare blackamoor n.

Obsolete.

A name given to tawny or brown-skinned peoples, probably originally to peoples of northern Africa.

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tawny-moor1603

Cape Coloured1897

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) v. 42 They seeme more like tawney Moores, then people of this lande.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico i. 22 Military Revells: wherein the Emperour himself ran a tilt, habited like a Tauny-moor.

1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 27 Tho' he was a Tawney-more Indian, yet he was a Converted one.

1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife i. 6 There's a Black, a Tawny-Moor, and a Frenchman.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 75 A tawny Moor with silver bracelets on his arms, and a turban on his head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	tawny-moor
释义	† tawny-moorn. Etymology: < tawny adj. + Moor n.²: compare blackamoor n. Obsolete. A name given to tawny or brown-skinned peoples, probably originally to peoples of northern Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > brown person > [noun] tawny-moor1603 Cape Coloured1897 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) v. 42 They seeme more like tawney Moores, then people of this lande. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico i. 22 Military Revells: wherein the Emperour himself ran a tilt, habited like a Tauny-moor. 1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 27 Tho' he was a Tawney-more Indian, yet he was a Converted one. 1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife i. 6 There's a Black, a Tawny-Moor, and a Frenchman. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 75 A tawny Moor with silver bracelets on his arms, and a turban on his head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1603
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