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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