mohicans Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
    Mahican; Mohican.
  2. noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican
    Mahican; Mohican.

WordNet


Mo*hi"cans noun plural
Wordforms
singular Mohican
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York. Written also Mohegans.

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