Mohammedan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Mohammedan in British English:
UK [məuˈhæmidən]
How to pronounce Mohammedan in American English:
US [moˈhæmɪdən]
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- Noun:
- a believer or follower of Islam
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded
Word Origin
- Mohammedan
- see Mohammed. Related: Mohammedanism.
Example
- 1. A large number of them subscribe to the mohammedan faith .
- 2. A pagan , too , with his multiplicity of gods , would think it odd that the christian and the mohammedan should disagree .
- 3. A large number of them now subscribe to the mohammedan faith .
- 4. Over and over again in mohammedan history dynasties have come to grief because the sons of a sultan by different mothers could not agree and in the resulting civil war universal ruin resulted .
- 5. The hui nationality regards a belief as mohammedan nation , as inseparable as mohammedan relation .