Mussulman noun & adjective. ['mʌs(ǝ)lmǝn] L16.
[Persian musulmān (adjective) formed as MUSLIM. In sense A.2 from German Muselmann.]
A. noun. Pl. -mans, -men.
1. A Muslim. arch. L16.
2. Hist. Under the Third Reich, an inhabitant of a concentration camp or extermination camp exhausted to the point of fatalism and loss of initiative. M20.
B. adjective. Muslim. arch. L17.

■ Mussulmanic [mʌs(ǝ)l'manɪk] adjective (arch.) Muslim E19.

■ Mussulmanism noun (now rare) Islam M18.

■ Mussulwoman noun (joc., now rare) a female Muslim M17.

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