Muhammadan

American

[moo-ham-uh-dn] / mʊˈhæm ə dn /

Or Muhammedan

noun

Muslim.

Muhammadan British

/ mʊˈhæmədən /

noun

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

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He was furnished with means by a general subscription in northern India, and by several Muhammadan princes who had embraced his doctrines.

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There are but three Theistic religions—the Mosaic, the Christian, and the Muhammadan.

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To him, as to other Muhammadans of his time, to deny the existence of the Deity would seem to be tantamount to denying the existence of the world and of himself.

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On hearing this, the Muhammadan governor arrived in a Hindu dress, and prostrated himself with tears of joy on seeing the Master from afar.

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The Panthays had proved the efficacy of such a revival by the establishment of an independent Muhammadan State in the south-west of China.

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