"Moors" meaning in English

See Moors in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Dutch Moors (“Moorish”), or directly from Moor + -s (after e.g. Scots). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|Moors||Moorish}} Dutch Moors (“Moorish”), {{suffix|en|Moor|s}} Moor + -s Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Moors
  1. (British India, obsolete) Hindustani; Urdu. Tags: British, India, obsolete
    Sense id: en-Moors-en-name-CqTQl6C3 Categories (other): British India English, English terms suffixed with -s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Moorses [plural], Moors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|es|Moors}} Moors (plural Moorses or Moors)
  1. A surname.
    A surname from Irish.
    Sense id: en-Moors-en-name-vTOVDzk8 Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A surname.
    An English surname transferred from the given name.
    Sense id: en-Moors-en-name-lSAf~eQL Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 71 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 21 55 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 18 60 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Etymology: Inflected forms. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Moors
  1. plural of Moor Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Moor
    Sense id: en-Moors-en-noun-oV8DaH6L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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