Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Mahican

Pronunciation: /ˈmahɪk(ə)n/

(also Mohican)
Definition of Mahican

noun

  • 1a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Upper Hudson Valley in New York State. Compare with Mohegan.
  • 2 [mass noun] the extinct Algonquian language of the Mahicans.

adjective

  • relating to the Mahicans or their language.

Origin:

the name in Mahican, said to mean 'wolf'

Mahican in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Mahican in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

kempt

/ kɛm(p)t /
adjective
maintained in a neat and clean condition …