Definition of Mohican

1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic.

Exact synonyms: Mahican
Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin

2. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican.
Exact synonyms: Mahican
Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquian Language, Algonquin

Definition of Mohican

1. Proper noun. Refers to either of two indigenous North American tribes, Mahican and Mohegan, and to their Algonquian languages. ¹

2. Noun. (British) A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end. (North America: '''Mohawk''') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mohican

Mohammedan calendar
Mohammedanism
Mohammedanize
Mohammedanized
Mohammedanizing
Mohammedans
Mohammedism
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Moharram
Mohave
Mohave Desert
Mohawk
Mohawk River
Mohawks
Mohel
Mohican (current term)
Mohican haircut
Mohicans
Mohism
Moho
Moho discontinuity
Mohock
Mohocks
Mohole
Moholes
Mohometanism
Mohorovicic discontinuity
Mohr's syndrome
Mohr pipette
Mohrenheim

Literary usage of Mohican

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

1. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... ball — Midshipman Anderson makes a pillow out of Captain Semmes — USS Niagara and Mohican on our trail — "Does he want his pretty paint spoiled? ..."

2. The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by Lewis Randolph Hamersly (1898)
"Appointed from New York, October 11, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam- sloop " Mohican," special service, 1863-4. ..."

3. History of the Campaign for the Conquest of Canada in 1776: From the Death by Charles Henry Jones (1882)
"... Brickett—Washington orders three of the fullest Regiments to be sent from Boston—Their arrival at Ticonderoga—A Company of Mohican Indians—Construction ..."

4. Life on the Plains of the Pacific. Oregon: Its History, Condition and by Gustavus Hines (1852)
"James Olley — My Mohican guest — Return home — Meeting — Fruitless attempt to recover a dead body. Proceeded on horse-back about twenty-five miles to a ..."

5. Memories of a Rear-admiral who Has Served for More Than Half a Century in by Samuel Rhoades Franklin (1898)
"CHAPTER XVIII California Again—Promoted Commander—Duck-shooting—In Command of the Mohican—To Siberia After an Eclipse—Difficult Navigation —A ..."

6. Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio by Samuel Prescott Hildreth (1848)
"Anecdotes of that affair- —John Miller, a young Mohican, gives notice. — Particulars of the event-— Jabez Barlow's adventure. — Captivity of Daniel Convers. ..."

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