Mohican

[ moh-hee-kuhn ]

noun,plural Mo·hi·cans, (especially collectively) Mo·hi·can.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Mohican in a sentence

  • No shout of triumph succeeded this important advantage, but even the Mohicans gazed at each other in silent horror.

    The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Mohicans boldly sent back the intimidating yell of their enemies, who raised a shout of savage triumph at the fall of Gamut.

    The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Mohicans profited by the delay, to steal out of the woods, and to make a survey of surrounding objects.

    The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for mohican (1 of 2)

mohican

/ (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

British Dictionary definitions for Mohican (2 of 2)

Mohican

Mahican (məˈhiːkən)

/ (ˈməʊɪkən, məʊˈhiːkən) /


noun
  1. plural -cans or -can 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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012