1894 Brewer’s / M / Musulman (plural, Musulmans or Moslems)
—that is, Moslemin, plural of Moslem. A Mahometan; so called from the Arabic muslim, a believer.
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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.