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Definition of Mohican
1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic.
2. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican.
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
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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