[Sp. moo-th
e-hahr] 
noun, plural -ja⋅res [-hah-res] , adjective | 1. | a Muslim permitted to remain in Spain after the Christian reconquest, esp. during the 8th to the 13th centuries. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to a style of Spanish architecture from the 13th to 16th centuries, a fusion of Romanesque and Gothic with Arabic. |
| Mu·dé·jar (mōō-thě'här) n. pl. Mu·déja·res (-hä-rěs') A Muslim who remained in Spain after it had been reconquered by the Christians in the Middle Ages. adj. Of or relating to a style of Spanish architecture of the 13th to the 16th century, combining Moorish and Gothic forms. [Spanish, from Arabic mudajjan, permitted to remain, Mudéjar, passive participle of dajjana, to allow to remain, from dajana, to remain, stay; see dgn in Semitic roots.] |