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

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

L. A summary of the Muhammadan doctrine of �Emanations.�

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

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 Thurston, Edgar

A young Afghan, who was a pupil of mine and a Muhammadan student in the school, begged to be allowed to accompany me as a chela, or disciple.

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

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 Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)