Moslem - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Moslem :  adj : of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art" [syn: Muslim, Moslem, Islamic] (noun)

1: a believer or follower of Islam [syn: Muslim, Moslem, Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan, Islamist]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Moslem : \Mos"lem\, n.; pl. Moslems, 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.] A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also muslim.] ``Heaps of slaughtered Moslem.'' --Macaulay.

They piled the ground with Moslem slain. --Halleck.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Moslem : \Mos"lem\, a. Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem lands; the Moslem faith.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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