Hagarenes

(3 syl.). 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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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