The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mozarab
Mozarab \Moz"a*rab\, Mozarabic \Moz`a*rab"ic\ Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.
Mozarab
Muzarab \Muz"a*rab\, n. [Sp. mozarabe, fr. Ar. mosta'rib, a name
applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs.] (Eccl.
Hist.)
One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the
government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and
ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.]
--Brande & C.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Mozarab
"assimilated Christian in Moorish Spain," one who was allowed to continue practicing his religion in exchange for political allegiance, from Spanish Mozarabe "would-be Arab," from Arabic mostarib, from a desiderative verbal form of Arab.