Muhammadan

American  

[moo-ham-uh-dn] / mʊˈhæm ə dn /

Or Muhammedan

noun

1. Muslim.

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Muhammadan British  

/ mʊˈhæmədən /

noun

1. rare another word (not in Muslim use) for Muslim

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Other Word Forms

• half-Muhammadan
  adjective
• non-Muhammadan
  adjective
• non-Muhammedan
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Muhammadan

First recorded in 1960–65; Muhammad + -an

Example Sentences

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Muhammadan

Only a man who was at once a Muhammadan, a scientist and a leader of great tact, courage and obstinacy could have consummated this expedition.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the marriage ceremonies of the Muhammadan Daknis or Deccanis, two big pots, filled with water, are placed near the milk-post.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

He milked it, got the butter and cream, made the dung into fuel-cakes for his fire, and then went to call the Muhammadan because the cow was hungry and wanted grass and grain.

From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell

So they went to the jungle close to the house, and the Muhammadan dug two holes, one on one hillock, and one on another.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

There are but three Theistic religions—the Mosaic, the Christian, and the Muhammadan.

From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh