Mohawk

 
Pronunciation: /ˈməʊhɔːk/

noun (plural or Mohawks)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people, originally inhabiting parts of what is now upper New York State.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.
  • 3chiefly North American a Mohican haircut.
  • 4 Skating a step from either edge of the skate to the same edge on the other foot in the opposite direction.

adjective

  • 1relating to the Mohawk or their language.
  • 2chiefly North American denoting a Mohican haircut.

Origin:

Narragansett mohowawog, 'man-eaters'