The older Moorish meaning of morisco survives to the present day

Evidence

It needs to be stressed (and is often forgotten) that moro and morisco (1) (“Moor” and “Moorish”), going back as they do to the oldest level of the Spanish language, have never ceased to be used and can still have these same meanings, right up to the present day, even though morisco (2), the acceptation to be discussed in the next paragraph, occurs nowadays with greater frequency. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 50

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes the enduring original sense from the later, narrower historical one.