Mos"lem (?), n.; pl. Moslems (#), or collectively Moslem. [Ar. muslim a true believer in the Mohammedan faith, fr. salama to submit to God, to resign one's self to the divine will. Cf. Islam, Mussulman.]
A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also muslim.]
"Heaps of slaughtered
Moslem."
Macaulay.
They piled the ground with Moslem slain.
Halleck.
© Webster 1913.
Mos"lem (?), a.
Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem lands; the Moslem faith.
© Webster 1913.
E2 Editor's note. This 1913 entry is retained unchanged for historical interest, but please be aware that the word Mohammedan is now regarded by Muslims as very offensive.