MAHOMET

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• MAHOMET (noun)
  The noun MAHOMET has 1 sense:

1. the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)

  Familiarity information: MAHOMET used as a noun is very rare.

• MAHOMET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mahomet; Mahound; Mohammad; Mohammed; Muhammad

Instance hypernyms:

prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)

 Context examples 

"I see," he said, "the mountain will never be brought to Mahomet, so all you can do is to aid Mahomet to go to the mountain; I must beg of you to come here."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)