Definition of Mohammedan

1. Noun. A follower of Mohammed.

Exact synonyms: Muhammadan, Muhammedan
Generic synonyms: Follower
Derivative terms: Muhammadan

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded.
Exact synonyms: Muhammadan
Partainyms: Mohammed, Muhammad
Derivative terms: Muhammadan

Definition of Mohammedan

1. a. Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed.

2. n. A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism.

Definition of Mohammedan

1. Noun. (archaic) Muslim. ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic) Muslim, Islamic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mohammedan

Mogen David
Mogen clamp
Moghul
Moghuls
Mogilev
Mogor
Mogors
Mogul
Mogul empire
Mohammad
Mohammadanism
Mohammed
Mohammed Ali
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mohammedan (current term)
Mohammedan calendar
Mohammedanism
Mohammedanize
Mohammedanized
Mohammedanizing
Mohammedans
Mohammedism
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Moharram
Mohave
Mohave Desert
Mohawk
Mohawk River
Mohawks

Literary usage of Mohammedan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Two other philosophers of note, although connected in date with the period of Mohammedan influence, belong really to the latter part of this period of ..."

2. The Methodist Review (1873)
"THE Mohammedan WORLD. THE number of countries in which Mohammedanism is the predominant religion, or at least a great power, is still considerable. ..."

3. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1917)
"ION, Roman law and Mohammedan jurisprudence, 6 Michigan Law Rev., pp. ... RATTIGAN, Scientific study of Mohammedan law, 17 Law Quart. Rev., p. 402. ..."

4. An Introduction to the History of Medicine by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1914)
"Cultural Aspects of Mohammedan Medicine.—In Sir Richard Burton's translation ... As the fair slave exploits her extensive knowledge of Mohammedan theology, ..."

5. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"AFTER this display of the transactions to which the Mohammedan nations have ... M. This summary of Mohammedan History, though too concise to be of all the ..."

6. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose (1911)
"A Mohammedan is subject to the law of Islam absolutely, that is without distinction of ... Every unbeliever in the Mohammedan religion is termed a kafir, ..."

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