Mohican
noun
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Mohican
American
[moh-hee-kuhn]
/ moʊˈhi kən /
noun
Mohicans
plural
Mohican
1
British
/ ˈməʊɪkən, məʊˈhiːkən, məˈhiːkən /
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Hudson river and east of it
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
mohican
2
British
/ məʊˈhiːkən /
noun
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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
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a person wearing such a hairstyle
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The statue was infamously sprayed with red paint and adorned with a green turf Mohican during May Day protests in 2000, for which the perpetrator received a 30-day jail sentence.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
Fortunately, observing Mohican on that hot day, King eventually realized what now seems obvious: for the bees to scare elephants, the insects must be swarming.
From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2021
Around 30 miles of trails lace this roughly 11,000-acre realm, which once formed part of Mohican and Mohawk hunting grounds.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020
Beyond state and city efforts, George Preston, president of the nearby Mohican Regent Resident Association, said all the community groups in the 48205 are uniting to come up with ways to better the neighborhoods.
From Washington Times • May 7, 2018
The island opposite the station was the site of the first council fire of the Mohican Indians, who were grouped about their "fire place" in 40 villages.
From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company
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