/ mɔː(r); mʊə(r); NAmE mʊr/ noun
a member of a race of Muslim people living in NW Africa who entered and took control of part of Spain in the 8th century
► Moor·ish adjective :
the Moorish architecture of Cordoba
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WORD ORIGIN
from Old French More , via Latin from Greek Mauros inhabitant of Mauretania, an ancient region of North Africa.