Mohawk
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Mohawk/ˈməʊhɔːk/
▶noun (pl. same or Mohawks)
- 1 a member of an American Indian people originally inhabiting parts of what is now upper New York State.
- 2 the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.
- 3 N. Amer. 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.
– origin from Narragansett mohowawog, lit. ‘maneaters’.
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