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Moroccan, a. and n.|mɒˈrɒkən|
Also Maroccan.
[f. Morocco (also Marocco, F. Maroc) + -an.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to Morocco (see next).
a1706Evelyn Diary an. 1682 (1955) IV. 285 We had at this time in Lond together The Russian, Morrocan, & Indian Ambassador. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. vii. 69 The Spaniards built these watch towers on the hills to enable them to keep a sharper look out on the Moroccan speculators. 1883Burton & Cameron Gold Coast I. i. 17 The Mersa or water-port of a Moroccan town. 1905Jewish Encycl. IX. 27/2 (Morocco) The Moroccan Jewesses.
b. In the names of various preparations of cannabis.
1970E. Goode Marijuana Smokers i. 18 Another recipe book..has exotic Oriental dishes, such as ‘Bhang Sherbet’, ‘Moroccan Majoon’ [etc.]. 1972J. Brown Chancer iii. 38 People talk about the effects of cannabis as if there was just one kind... You smoke Moroccan Gold..you'll just feel, like, a little drunk. But you smoke Egyptian Black, that will stone you out of your head. 1972Times 14 Dec. 2/3 The changes involved ‘speed’..and other drugs, referred to in the hearing as..‘Moroccan black’.
B. n. An inhabitant of Morocco.
1860Chamb. Encycl. I. 8/1 He [Abd-el-Kader] would not abandon his attached followers..to the plunder and massacre of the Maroccans. 1900Q. Rev. Oct. 354 The Moroccan has a jingling rhyme which he loves to repeat. |