Mohawk

['məuhɔ:k]

Definition

(noun.) haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp.

(noun.) the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk.

(noun.) a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State.

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Definition

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

(n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.

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Definition

n. the name of a tribe of North American Indians of the Huron-Iroquois family—hence one of a set of London street-ruffians about the beginning of the 18th century.—Also Mō′hock.

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