Moros

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moros \Mo"ros\, n. pl.; sing. {Moro}. [Sp., pl. of Moro Moor.]
     (Ethnol.)
     The Mohammedan tribes of the southern Philippine Islands,
     said to have formerly migrated from Borneo. Some of them are
     warlike and addicted to piracy.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moro \Mo"ro\ (m[=o]"r[-o]), prop. n.; pl. {Moros}
     (m[=o]"r[-o]s). [Sp., moor. See {moor}, n. and {Moros}.]
     1. (Ethnol.) A member of any of the {Moros}, a group one of
        various tribes of the southern Phillippine Islands, mostly
        Malays adhering to Mohammedanism.
        [PJC]
  
     2. (Linguistics) Any of the languages of the Moro people, of
        the Austronesian language family.
        [PJC]