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MOHAWK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mohawk mean?
• MOHAWK (noun)
The noun MOHAWK has 3 senses:
1. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State
2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk
3. haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp
Familiarity information: MOHAWK used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Mohawk" is a kind of...):
Iroquois (any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Mohawk" is a kind of...):
Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
mohawk; mohawk haircut
Hypernyms ("mohawk" is a kind of...):
haircut (the style in which hair has been cut)
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