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Muhammadan

American  
[moo-ham-uh-dn] / mʊˈhæm ə dn /
Or Muhammedan

noun

  1. Muslim.


Muhammadan British  
/ mʊˈhæmədən /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Muhammadan

First recorded in 1960–65; Muhammad + -an


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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

Kalima = the Muhammadan creed: “There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the prophet of God.”

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

Being thirsty, I asked a respectable Muhammadan who was dining on a bed hard by for a glass of water.

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

His Muhammadan victor, who had learned from him much, learned also its avoidance.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

At Vizagapatam44 there is a celebrated Muhammadan saint, who lies buried by the Durga on the top of the hill overlooking the harbour.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

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