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Hagarenes (3 syl.)

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The Moors are so called, being the supposed descendants of Hagar, Abraham’s bondwoman.

“San Diego … . hath often been seen conquering … . the Hagarene squadrons.”—Cervantes: Don Quixote, part ii. book iv. 6.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hadēs
Hadith [a legend]
Hadj
Hadji
Hæmony
Hæmos
Hafed
Hafiz
Hag
Hagan of Trony
Hagarenes
Haggadah (plur. haggadoth)
Hagi
Hag-knots
Hagring
Ha-ha (A)
Hahnemann (Samuel)
Haidee
Hail
Hail
Hail-fellow-well-met (A)