mohawk
IPA: mˈoʊhɔk
Root Word: Mohawk
noun
- A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
- A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
- (historical) A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.
- The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
- Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.
- Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk [A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.]
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Examples of "mohawk" in Sentences
- Badass punk with a mohawk and pierced lip.
- Canajoharie was the name of a Mohawk village.
- A land owner and militiaman in the Mohawk Valley.
- A combination between a chelsea cut and a mohawk.
- A combination between liberty spikes and a mohawk.
- The action dispossessed the Mohawks of their homes.
- The territory was in the realm of the Mohawk tribe.
- Both are populated by members of the Mohawk nation.
- The most common mohawk turn is the forward inside open mohawk.
- This means the store will carry Mohawk products but is not exclusively Mohawk.
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