Moor (mr), n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an
inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. May^ros; cf. may^ros black, dark. Cf.
Morris a dance, Morocco.] 1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco,
Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
2. (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which
have adopted the Mohammedan religion. "In Spanish history the terms
Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous." Internat. Cyc.
Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS. mr moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor,
and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See Mere a lake.] 1. An
extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light
soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
Carew.