Definition of Muscovites

1. Noun. (plural of Muscovite) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of muscovite) ¹

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Definition of Muscovites

1. muscovite [n] - See also: muscovite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscovites

muscliest
muscling
muscling up
musclings
muscly
muscoid
muscoids
muscology
muscone
muscones
muscose
muscosity
muscovado
muscovados
muscovite
muscovites (current term)
muscovy duck
muscular
muscular Christianity
muscular artery
muscular asthenopia
muscular atrophy
muscular branches
muscular coat
muscular coat of bronchi
muscular coat of colon
muscular coat of ductus deferens
muscular coat of female urethra
muscular coat of gallbladder

Literary usage of Muscovites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"Lastly, the muscovites, from their Asiatic manners, were compared or ... The muscovites laugh at our effeminacy, and give us their furs in exchange for our ..."

2. Christianity in China, Tartary and Thibet by Évariste Régis Huc (1858)
"FIRST RELATIONS OF THE muscovites WITH THE SIBERIANS THE muscovites INVADE SIBERIA AS FAR AS THE FRONTIER OF THE ..."

3. The History of Poland by Samuel Astley Durham (1840)
"At the same time a khan of the Tatars, in concert with the muscovites, ravaged Beltz and Lublin. Both triumphed; for no serious opposition was made to ..."

4. The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Anna Letitia Aikin Barbauld (1820)
"... that formerly the Muscovite frontiers lay nearer to them than they now do, the muscovites having abandoned that part of the country, which lies from ..."

5. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"Foreign letters say a considerable body of Tartars was en- tred into Moldavia to assist the Turks against the emperor; they say also that the muscovites ..."

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