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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

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
Haggadah
Hagan of Trony
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