Mahometan

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Mohammedan. alt-of, alternative, archaic, obsolete

    "WHile we lay at Guam we took up a Reſolution of going to Mindanao, one of the Philippine Iſlands, being told by the Frier and others, that it was exceedingly well ſtored with Proviſions; that the Natives were Mahometans, and that they had formerly a Commerce with the Spaniards; but that now they were at wars with them."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Mohammedan. alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable, obsolete

Synonyms

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muslim

Example

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"WHile we lay at Guam we took up a Reſolution of going to Mindanao, one of the Philippine Iſlands, being told by the Frier and others, that it was exceedingly well ſtored with Proviſions; that the Natives were Mahometans, and that they had formerly a Commerce with the Spaniards; but that now they were at wars with them."

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin Mahomētānus. By surface analysis, Mahomet + -an.

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