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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Morisco

Mo-rīs'eo, a.

adjective

a. The same as MORESQUE.

Mo-ris'co or Mō'risk, n.

noun

n. [Sp. morisco, from Moro, a Moor; Fr. morisque, moresque, mauresque, It. moresco. See MOOR.] A thing of Moorish origin; as, (a.) The Moorish language. (b.) A Moorish dance, now called morris-dance. Marston. (c.) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak.