plural Mohawk or Mohawks
Definition of Mohawk
1
: a member of an American Indian people of the Mohawk River valley, New York
2
: the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk people
3
or less commonly mohawk plural mohawks
: a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of usually upright hair and the sides of the head shaved
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The first known use of Mohawk was in 1634
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