"Morian" meaning in English

See Morian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɔəɹi.ən/
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Morian (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Moorish. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-Morian-en-adj-U7j2jhSp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔəɹi.ən/ Forms: Morians [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Morian (plural Morians)
  1. (obsolete) A Moor. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-Morian-en-noun-WOAAcf8W Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 6 58 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Morians [plural]
Etymology: From Moria + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Moria|an}} Moria + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Morian (plural Morians)
  1. (rare) A player of the 1983 roguelike video game The Dungeons of Moria. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-Morian-en-noun-NAJZ6re3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Video games Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 74 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 0 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 25 75 Disambiguation of Video games: 0 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "While I haven't met any Blink Bunnies yet, I've learnt a violent dislike for Grabbits :-) which are almost as bad as Bigger Blue Icky things (Amiga Morians know what I mean) and was seriously puzzled at my first encounter with a Damage Sponge.",
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          "ref": "1993 February 26, George Chen, “questions”, in rec.games.moria (Usenet):",
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