Mussulman

M3U1S1S1U1L1M3A1N1
/ˈmʌsəlmən/

noun

A Muslim.

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Meanings

nounMussulman (plural Mussulmans or Mussulmen)

plural Mussulmans · plural Mussulmen · alternative Moosulmaun · alternative Musalman · alternative Musulman · alternative Musselman

  1. archaicA Muslim.

    The firſt Emperor of the Muſlemans was Muhammed Abulcaſim of glorious memory.

    1626, George Emalcin, “The Saracenical History, […] Written in Arabike […] Englished, Abridged, and Continued to the End of the Chalifa’s”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 5th part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book, page 1013
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    […] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers.

    1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems, page 157

    The imagination of the Hindoo paints his Swergas as "profuse of bliss," and all the joys of sense are collected in the Paradise of the Mussulman.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 71

Origin

  1. Classical Persianمُسَلْمَان (musalmān)
  2. Ottoman Turkishمسلمان
  3. Italianmusulmano
  4. EnglishMussulman

From Italian musulmano, from Ottoman Turkish مسلمان (müsliman), from Classical Persian مُسَلْمَان (musalmān), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), from أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). Etymologically not a compound of man, though the plural Mussulmen shows it was sometimes reinterpreted as such.

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Translations

Dutch muzelman
  • muzelmanarchaic: a Muslim
German Muselmane
  • Muselmanearchaic: a Muslim
Hindi मुस्लिम, मुसलिम
  • मुस्लिम (muslim)archaic: a Muslim
  • मुसलिम (muslim)archaic: a Muslim
  • मुसलमान (musalmān)archaic: a Muslim
  • मुसलमानी (musalmānī)archaic: a Muslim
  • मुहम्मदी (muhammadī)archaic: a Muslim
Portuguese maometano
  • maometanoarchaic: a Muslim
Swedish muselman
  • muselmanarchaic: a Muslim

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APA

Mussulman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mussulman

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“Mussulman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mussulman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mussulman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mussulman.

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