What does Morisco mean?
Definitions for Morisco
məˈrɪs koʊmorisco
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Wiktionary
morisconoun
A Moor.
morisconoun
The Moorish-style of architecture
morisconoun
A Muslim convert to Christianity
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Morisconoun
A dancer of the morris or moorish dance.
Etymology: morisco, Spanish.
I have seen
Him caper upright like a wild morisco,
Shaking the bloody darts, as he his bells. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.
Wikipedia
Morisco
Moriscos (Spanish: [moˈɾiskos], Catalan: [muˈɾiskus]; Portuguese: mouriscos [mo(w)ˈɾiʃkuʃ]; Spanish for "Moorish") were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Roman Catholic Church and the Spanish Crown commanded to convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed the open practice of Islam by its sizeable Muslim population (termed mudéjar) in the early 16th century.The Unified Portuguese and Spanish monarchs mistrusted Moriscos and feared that they would prompt new invasions from the Ottoman Empire after the Fall of Constantinople. So between 1609 and 1614 they began to expel them systematically from the various kingdoms of the united realm. The most severe expulsions occurred in the eastern Kingdom of Valencia. The exact number of Moriscos present in Spain prior to expulsion is unknown and can only be guessed on the basis of official records of the edict of expulsion. Furthermore, the overall success of the expulsion is subject to academic debate, with estimates on the proportion of those who avoided expulsion or returned to Spain ranging from 5% to 40%. The large majority of those permanently expelled settled on the western fringe of the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Morocco. The last mass prosecution against Moriscos for crypto-Islamic practices occurred in Granada in 1727, with most of those convicted receiving relatively light sentences.In Spanish, morisco was also used in official colonial-era documentation in Spanish America to denote mixed-race castas: the children of relations between Spanish men and women of mixed African-European ancestry.
Webster Dictionary
Moriscoadjective
moresque
Morisconoun
a thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture
Etymology: [Sp. See Morris the dance.]
Wikidata
Morisco
Moriscos were Muslims who decided to convert to Christianity rather than leave Spain and Portugal in the early 1500s. Over time the term was used in a pejorative sense applied to those nominal Catholics who were suspected of secretly practicing Islam. The Moriscos were eventually expelled from Spain between 1609 and 1614.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Morisco
mo-ris′ko, n. the Moorish language: a Moorish dance or dancer: Moorish architecture: one of the Moors who remained in Spain after the fall of Granada in 1492.—adj. Moorish—(obs.) Morisk′.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MORISCO
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Morisco is ranked #145220 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Morisco surname appeared 114 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Morisco.
78% or 89 total occurrences were White.
21% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Morisco in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Morisco in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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