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Mus⋅lim

[muhz-lim, mooz-, moos-] adjective, noun, plural -lims, -lim.
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.
–noun
2. an adherent of Islam.
3. Black Muslim.
Also, Moslem, Muslem (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
< Ar, lit., a person who submits. See Islam
Mus·lim   (mŭz'ləm, mŏŏz'-, mŭs'-, mŏŏs'-)   
n.  
  1. also Mos·lem (mŏz'ləm, mŏs'-) A believer in or adherent of Islam.
  2. A member of the Nation of Islam; a Black Muslim.

[Arabic muslim, one who surrenders, active participle of 'aslama, to surrender; see Islam.]
Mus'lim adj.

Muslim

Mus"lim\, n. See Moslem.
Language Translation for : Muslim
Spanish: musulmán,
German: der Moslem; moslemisch,
Japanese: イスラム教徒 (の)

Muslim 
1615 (n.), 1777 (adj.), from Arabic muslim "one who submits" (to the faith), from root of alsama "he resigned." Related to Islam (q.v.).
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