MUHAMMADAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Muhammadan mean? 

• MUHAMMADAN (noun)
  The noun MUHAMMADAN has 1 sense:

1. a follower of Mohammed

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

• MUHAMMADAN (adjective)
  The adjective MUHAMMADAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded

  Familiarity information: MUHAMMADAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUHAMMADAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A follower of Mohammed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mohammedan; Muhammadan; Muhammedan

Hypernyms ("Muhammadan" is a kind of...):

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

Derivation:

Muhammadan (of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded)

• MUHAMMADAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Mohammedan; Muhammadan

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

Muhammadan (a follower of Mohammed)

 Context examples 

After many fruitless attempts to gain admittance to the prison, he found a strongly grated window in an unguarded part of the building, which lighted the dungeon of the unfortunate Muhammadan, who, loaded with chains, waited in despair the execution of the barbarous sentence.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)