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Mahometan

[ muh-hom-i-tn ]

noun

, Archaic.


Mahometan

/ məˈhɒmɪtən /

noun

  1. a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • Maˈhometanism, noun
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Other Words From

  • Ma·homet·an·ism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mahometan1

First recorded in 1520–30; Mahomet + -an
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Example Sentences

Can the Christian adopt the belief that Mahometan and Mormon are both orthodox because they have faith?

The question referred to his having become a Mahometan, but at first it was not clear to Napoleon what she meant.

Such, we are to understand, was not the Mahometan system: such had been the system of Rome.

The Mahometan Tartars are continually waging war against their neighbours for the purpose of procuring slaves.

The converted Kocch of the Mahometan creed are chiefly of the lower order of the province of Behar.

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