Mooress
(ˈmʊərɪs, ˈmɔərɪs)
[f. Moor n.2 + -ess.]
A female Moor.
| 1611 Cotgr., Moresque, a Mooresse, a shee Moore, a blacke woman. 1677 T. Holyoke Eng.-Lat. Dict., A shee moor, or mooress, morula. 1835 Campbell Epistle fr. Algiers to Hor. Smith 25 The Mooresses, shrouded in white. 1891 Hall Caine Scapegoat xxii, A matronly Mooress. |