Mohican

[moh-hee-kuhn]

noun

plural

Mohicans ,

plural

Mohican .

1. Mahican.

Mohican

¹

/ ˈməʊɪkən, məʊˈhiːkən, məˈhiːkən /

noun

1. 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

Among those that get specifically name-checked are “Rocky” and “The Last of the Mohicans.”

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Mann, the 80-year-old filmmaker of “The Last of the Mohicans,” “The Insider” and “Thief,” has himself long exhibited a rare harmony with the machinations of filmmaking.

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“It’s unavoidable to think about property in a place like that, which was historically inhabited by Mohican people.”

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Studi, who is Cherokee and based in Santa Fe, has played mostly dramatic roles over his 30-year career in films like “The Last of the Mohicans,” “Avatar” and “Heat.”

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Two years later, Mann cast him as Magua in “The Last of the Mohicans,” the cunning Huron warrior who fervently believes in fighting, ruthlessly, for survival.

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