Definition of Morisco in English:
Morisco
(also Moresco)
nounPlural Moriscos, Plural Moriscoes məˈrɪskəʊməˈrɪskoʊ
historical A Moor in Spain, especially one who had accepted Christian baptism.
Example sentencesExamples
- Elizabeth, for her part, sent an army into the Spanish Netherlands in 1585 and offered to support Philip's Morisco subjects against the Spanish government in the late 1580s.
- Finally the Moriscos were all expelled from Spain in the early seventeenth century.
- Some 80,000 Moriscos in Granada were dispersed to other parts of Spain and Old Christians from northern Spain were settled on their lands.
- In 1609, when the Spaniards expelled all the Moriscos, approximately 80,000 came in a single year.
- Weirdly enough, Morris dancing arguably derives from Morisco or Moorish dancing.
Origin
Spanish, from Moro 'Moor'.
Rhymes
cisco, disco, Disko, pisco, San Francisco