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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moslem \Mos"lem\ (m[o^]z"l[e^]m), n.; pl. {Moslems}
(m[o^]z"l[e^]mz), or collectively {Moslem}. [Ar. muslim a
true believer in the Mohammedan faith, fr. salama to submit
to God, to resign one's self to the divine will. Cf. {Islam},
{Mussulman}.]
An adherent of Islam; a Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan.
[Written also {muslim}.] "Heaps of slaughtered Moslem."
--Macaulay.
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They piled the ground with Moslem slain. --Halleck.
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