Mohawk
noun /ˈməʊhɔːk/
/ˈməʊhɔːk/
(plural Mohawk, Mohawks)
- a member of a Native American people, many of whom live in New York State and CanadaCultureThe Mohawks were part of the Iroquois League, and tradition says that Hiawatha was their leader. They originally lived in New York State in the Mohawk Valley along the Mohawk River, and they helped the British during the American Revolution. Mohawks are known today as excellent steel workers who help to construct skyscrapers (= very tall buildings).
- (especially North American English) (also Mohican especially in British English)a way of cutting the hair in which it is removed from the head by shaving except for a narrow area of hair in the middle that is sometimes made to stick up
Word Originfrom Narragansett mohowawog, literally ‘maneaters’. Narragansett is an extinct Algonquian language.