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Mohawk

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Noun

1. mohawk

a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State

2. mohawk

the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk

3. mohawk, mohawk haircut

haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mohawk

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noun
1. plural -hawks or -hawk
a member of a Native American people formerly living along the Mohawk River; one of the Iroquois peoples
2. 
the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
noun
a river in E central New York State, flowing south and east to the Hudson River at Cohoes: the largest tributary of the Hudson. Length: 238 km (148 miles)
noun
1. skating
a half turn from either edge of either skate to the corresponding edge of the other skate
2. US and Canadian (sometimes capital)
a punk hairstyle in which the head is shaved at the sides and the remaining strip of hair is worn stiffly erect and sometimes brightly coloured
. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): mohican

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Mohawk

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noun
1. Word forms: plural ˈMoˌhawks or ˈMoˌhawk
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
see also Five Nations
2. 
the Iroquoian language of this people
3.  [often m-]
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
adjective
4. 
of the Mohawks or their language or culture
river in central & E N.Y., flowing into the Hudson: c. 140 mi (225 km)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mohawk

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n. pl. Mohawk or Mo·hawks
1. A member of 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.
2. The Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.
n. 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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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