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MAHOUND

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Overview

MAHOUND (noun)
  The noun MAHOUND has 1 sense:

1. the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)play

  Familiarity information: MAHOUND used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MAHOUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mahomet; Mahound; Mohammad; Mohammed; Muhammad

Instance hypernyms:

prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)


 Context examples 


They too are very hardy soldiers, the more so as for many hundred years they have had to fight hard against the cursed followers of the black Mahound, who have pressed upon them from the south, and still, as I understand, hold the fairer half of the country.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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