moccasin
[ mok-uh-sin, -zuhn ]
/ ˈmɒk ə sɪn, -zən /
noun
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u-shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
a hard-soled shoe or slipper resembling this, often decorated with beads.
any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon), especially the cottonmouth.
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Origin of moccasin
1605–15, Americanism;<Virginia Algonquian < Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni
Words nearby moccasin
Mobutu Sese Seko, moby, Moby Dick, moc, Moçambique, moccasin, moccasin flower, moccasin telegraph, moccies, mocha, mocha stone
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British Dictionary definitions for moccasin
moccasin
/ (ˈmɒkəsɪn) /
noun
a shoe of soft leather, esp deerskin, worn by North American Indians
any soft shoe resembling this
NZ a sheepshearer's footgear, usually made of sacking
short for water moccasin
Word Origin for moccasin
C17: from Algonquian; compare Narraganset mocussin shoe
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