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MUHAMMAD
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• MUHAMMAD (noun)
The noun MUHAMMAD has 2 senses:
1. leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975)
2. the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)
Familiarity information: MUHAMMAD used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Elijah Muhammad; Muhammad
Instance hypernyms:
Black Muslim (an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam)
Sense 2
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
A religious group that follows the words and belief system founded by the prophet Muhammad and are written in the Koran.
(Muslim, NCI Thesaurus)
She instructed her daughter in the tenets of her religion and taught her to aspire to higher powers of intellect and an independence of spirit forbidden to the female followers of Muhammad.
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