| ahrar | Moroccan kasarian farmers owning land around oases |
| cafard, le | Solitude of the great wastes |
| chasseur | Light cavalry or infantry trained for rapid maneuvering (French, from Middle French chasser, hunter) |
| chechia | Zouave fez (red) |
| fuggaras | Moroccan underground water galleries |
| goum | Moroccan infantry unit of the French Army, Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains |
| goumier | A soldier from a goum unit |
| haratin | Moroccan dark-skinned kasarian workers |
| harka | Moroccan war party |
| kasar | Moroccan fortified town or village |
| kasarian | Moroccan resident of a kasar |
| kepi | A military cap with a visor and a round flat top sloping toward the front (French képi, from German dialect (Switzerland) käppi cap) |
| Legion Etrangèr | French Foreign Legion |
| Makhzan | Moroccan government |
| mallah | Area of a kasar occupied by Jews |
| roumi | Frenchman (from Roman?) |
| spahis | Algerian native cavalry in the French army -- also irregular Turkish cavalry in other areas |
| tiraillers | French riflemen, from shooter?? |
| zouave | Member of a French infantry unit, originally Algerians, wearing a brilliantly-colored uniform with baggy pants, a fez or turban, and other Arabic-looking clothing (from Berber Zwawa, a Berber tribe) |
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