Mohawk
/ˈməʊhɔːk
/noun (plural same or Mohawks)
1A member of an American Indian people, originally inhabiting parts of what is now upper New York State.This includes the Canadian native Indians such as the Mohawks and the Inuit, the original inhabitants of the land who were displaced, dispossessed and marginalised....
- The war with the Pequot no sooner ended than the Narragansett were fighting the Mohawk.
- The Mohawks in New York also contributed to the defeat of the insurgents by preventing outside assistance or escape.
2 [mass noun] The Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.The Cherokee language belongs to the Iroquoian family of languages and is therefore related to Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Tuscarora, among others....
- Italian and Greek are prominent immigrant languages, and Cree and Mohawk are prominent indigenous languages.
- An Iroquoian language, Oneida is most closely related to Mohawk.
3chiefly North American A hairstyle in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running centrally from the middle of the forehead to the back of the neck.You can give him the latest ‘gear’, or get him a new haircut, maybe a Mohawk or Afro....
- In fact, the reporter gave metrosexuality a face, a figure and hair styles ranging from Mohawks to cornrows - all belonging to the most famous athlete in the world.
- Then there was ‘guess the hairstyle’ as our maths teacher's hairdo momentarily resembled a Mohawk.
4 Skating A step from either edge of the skate to the same edge on the other foot in the opposite direction.A reverse Mohawk is the opposite of a Mohawk.
adjective
Relating to the Mohawk or their language.It was also her evidence that these schools have a large percentage of Mohawk children (both from the reserve and off) and offer Mohawk language and a Mohawk curriculum....
- He writes poetry in both English and Mohawk and is working to devise an improved written form for the Mohawk language.
- This description was appropriate for a man who made his fortune trading with the native Indians in the Mohawk valley and the nations of the Iroquois confederacy.
Origin
Narragansett mohowawog, 'man-eaters'.
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