Definition of Mohwk
Mohawk, a tribe of American Indians, gave name to a band or club of
ruffians who infested the streets of London in 1711-12.
- Wikipedia
Mo"hawk (?), n. 1.
(Ethnol.) One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of
the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk
River.
2. One of certain ruffians who infested the
streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the
Mohawk Indians. [Slang] Spectator. Macaulay.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An Iroquoian language spoken by a North American indigenous people, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
- (US) A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with a buzz cut in the middle.
- (Australia, US) A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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