Definition of Mohawk

1. Noun. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State.

Generic synonyms: Iroquois

2. Noun. The Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk.

3. Noun. Haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp.
Exact synonyms: Mohawk Haircut
Generic synonyms: Haircut

Definition of Mohawk

1. n. One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.

Definition of Mohawk

1. Proper noun. An indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations. ¹

2. Proper noun. The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people. ¹

3. Noun. (''also'' '''mohawk''') A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up. ¹

4. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Mohawk) (hairstyle). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mohawk

1. a hairstyle marked by a stiff ridge of hair from front to back [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mohawk

1. 1. One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River. 2. One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mohawk

mogilalia
mogiphonia
mogs
mogul
mogul skiing
moguldom
moguled
moguls
mogwai
mogwais
moha
moha moha
mohair
mohairs
mohalim
mohawk (current term)
mohawked
mohawks
mohel
mohelim
mohels
mohicans
mohite
moho
moholi
mohr
mohrite
mohrs
mohs surgery
mohur

Literary usage of Mohawk

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

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"mohawk (Iroquois) 4530. Adoption into Akwesasne mohawk Nation; July 1949. ... Report on fieldwork carried out at the St. Regis mohawk Indian Reserve; 1969. ..."

2. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"Romantic Beauty of the mohawk Valley.—Arrival and Stay at I'tica.—Stage Journey from Utica to Syracuse.—Comparison of American and English Coaches. ..."

3. Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea: Including the Border Wars of the by William Leete Stone (1838)
"THE active operations of the war, during the open months of the present year, with the exception of the successive invasions of the mohawk Valley by Sir ..."

4. The Annals of Albany by Joel Munsell (1854)
"From Spafford's Gazetteer of Xew York, 1824. The mohawk ... The stream of the mohawk is unequal, with'many breaks and rapids, and there are two Falls, ..."

5. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1892)
"If the mohawk was a marine estuary and had free connection with the Iroquois basin on the level of its great beach, it seems natural to conclude that the ..."

6. Source Book for the Economic Geography of North America by Charles Carlyle Colby (1921)
"GEOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF THE mohawk VALLEY' The mohawk Valley is one of the busiest manufacturing sections ..."

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