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(mō′hôk′)

noun

pl. Mohawks or Mohawk a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the Mohawk Valley of New York and now living in Ontario, Quebec, and New York
the Iroquoian language of this people
a haircut characterized by a prominent ridge of longer hair extending along the top of the head from the forehead to the nape of the neck, usually with the sides of the scalp shaven

Origin: Narragansett mohowawog, lit., man-eaters: orig. so named by enemy tribes

adjective

of the Mohawks or their language or culture

river in central & E N.Y., flowing into the Hudson: c. 140 mi (225 km)

Origin: after Mohawk

See Mohawk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. mohawk Mohawk or Mo·hawks

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting northeast New York along the Mohawk and upper Hudson valleys north to the St. Lawrence River, with present-day populations chiefly in southern Ontario and extreme northern New York. The Mohawk were the easternmost member of the Iroquois confederacy.
b. A member of this people.
The Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.

Origin:

Origin: Narragansett Mohowaúg

noun pl. Mo·hawks

A hairstyle in which the scalp is shaved except for an upright strip of hair that runs across the crown of the head from the forehead to the nape of the neck.

Origin:

Origin: After Mohawk¹

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