mohican Synonyms
Another word for mohican
• noun (Context 1)
A member of an Eastern Algonquian Native American people originally inhabiting the upper Hudson River valley in present-day New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
"Many descendants of the Mohicans relocated westward in the nineteenth century and today form part of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community in Wisconsin."
• noun (Context 2)
A hairstyle in which the sides of the head are shaved and a central strip of noticeably longer hair runs from the forehead to the nape, often styled to stand upright.
"The punk guitarist dyed his spiky mohawk bright magenta before the concert."
• adjective (Context 3)
Of or relating to the Mohican (Mahican) people, their culture, or their extinct Algonquian language.
"The museum exhibition featured traditional mahican beadwork and historical treaties from the Hudson Valley."
• noun (Context 4)
The extinct Eastern Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Mohican (Mahican) people.
"Linguists have worked with community members to revitalize mahican using eighteenth-century missionary manuscripts."