Mohican

[ moh-hee-kuhn ]

noun

, plural Mo·hi·cans, (especially collectively) Mo·hi·can.

1. Mahican.

Mohican

¹

/ məʊˈhiːkən; ˈməʊɪkən; məˈhiːkən /

noun

1. -cans-can a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Hudson river and east of it
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

mohican

²

/ məʊˈhiːkən /

noun

1. a punk hairstyle in which the head is shaved at the sides and the remaining strip of hair is worn stiffly erect and sometimes brightly coloured
2. a person wearing such a hairstyle

Example Sentences

Prickly Prince Philip was on his dissapointingly un-outspoken form when he met a man wearing a giant red mohican.

From The Daily Beast

It was the Mohican and Lenape who veiled their faces, not the Iroquois.

From Project Gutenberg

The elder Mohican heard with deep gravity, and appeared to ponder on his words, as though he felt the importance of their import.

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Duncan complied; and the Mohican, who had been an attentive listener to the discourse, readily undertook the office.

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The young Mohican cast a glance at his father, but, maintaining his quiet and reserved mien, he continued silent.

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We will load the back of this Mohican until he staggers under our bounty, and dispatch him after my young men.

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