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mohawk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mohawk has 3 senses
- mohawk(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State; Array is a kind of iroquois
- mohawk(n = noun.communication) Array - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk; Array is a kind of iroquoian, iroquoian language, iroquois
- mohawk(n = noun.body) mohawk haircut - haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp; Array is a kind of haircut
CIDE DICTIONARY
mohawk, prop. n.
- One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River. [1913 Webster]
- One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians. Spectator. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mohawk, n.
1 a a member of a tribe of N. American Indians. b the language of this tribe.
2 Skating a step from either edge of the skate to the same edge on the other foot in the opposite direction.
1 a a member of a tribe of N. American Indians. b the language of this tribe.
2 Skating a step from either edge of the skate to the same edge on the other foot in the opposite direction.
Etymology
native name
ROGET THESAURUS
mohawk
Blusterer
N blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer, brawler, fanfaron, braggart, bully, terrorist, rough, bulldozer, hoodlum, hooligan, larrikin, roarer, Mohock, Mohawk, drawcansir, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos, jingo, desperado, dare-devil, fire eater, fury, rowdy, slang-whanger, tough, puppy, prig, Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office, saucebox, malapert, jackanapes, minx, bantam-cock.Evil doer
N evil doer, evil worker, wrongdoer, mischief-maker, marplot, oppressor, tyrant, destroyer, Vandal, iconoclast, firebrand, incendiary, fire bug, pyromaniac, anarchist, communist, terrorist, savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian, caitiff, desperado, Apache, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly, Red Skin, tough, Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk, bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin, dangerous classes, ugly customer, thief, cockatrice, scorpion, hornet, snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass, serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda, canker-worm, wire-worm, locust, Colorado beetle, alacran, alligator, caymon, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus, torpedo, bane, cutthroat, cannibal, anthropophagus, anthropophagist, bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture, gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman, blood-hound, hell- hound, sleuth-hound, catamount, cougar, jaguar, puma, hag, hellhag, beldam, Jezebel, monster, fiend, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, Frankenstein's monster, harpy, siren, Furies, Eumenides, Hun, Attila, scourge of the human race, faenum habet in cornu.
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