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mohican
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mohican has 2 senses
- mohican(n = noun.person) mahican - a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic; Array is a kind of algonquian, algonquin
- mohican(n = noun.communication) mahican - the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican; Array is a kind of algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mohican, n. & adj.
--n. a member of a N. American Indian people of Connecticut.
--adj.
1 of or relating to this people.
2 (of a hairstyle) resembling that of the Mohicans, with the head shaved except for a strip of hair from the middle of the forehead to the back of the neck, often worn in long spikes.
--n. a member of a N. American Indian people of Connecticut.
--adj.
1 of or relating to this people.
2 (of a hairstyle) resembling that of the Mohicans, with the head shaved except for a strip of hair from the middle of the forehead to the back of the neck, often worn in long spikes.
Etymology
native name
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