Mahometan

American  

[muh-hom-i-tn] / məˈhɒm ɪ tn /

noun

Archaic.

1. Muslim.

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Mahometan British  

/ məˈhɒmɪtən /

noun

1. a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion

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Other Word Forms

• Mahometanism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Mahometan

First recorded in 1520–30; Mahomet + -an

Example Sentences

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Mahometan

I am a fatalist, in fact, like a Mahometan, and I believe that all that we do for the progress of humanity is of no use.

From The Life-Work of Flaubert From the Russian of Merejowski by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

Basil broke up the Armenian power, but did not annex the whole country, or establish in it any adequate provision against the ultimate danger of attacks from the East by the Mahometan powers.

From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman

Partly through their isolation in the mountains, partly through their not intermarrying with their Mahometan or Druse neighbours, the Maronites of today have preserved an old type in almost marvellous purity.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

But there have been Mahometan historians of Spain.

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells

It was on Nicephorus then that Romanus II., the son and heir of Constantine VII., fixed his choice, when he resolved to commence an attack on the Mahometan powers.

From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman