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morisco.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
morisco.
Principal English Translation: 

a Moor; or, in Mexico, a person of mixed heritage, part African
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

juan de la cruz platero morisco = Juan de la Cruz, Moorish silversmith (Coyoacan, 1622)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 4, 66–67.

themes: 
Race, Ethnicity, Identity