mohawk

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State
noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk
noun haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp

Mohawk River, 199, 213, 226. — Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680, Jasper Danckaerts
Hit wuz a Mohawk weddin', Mars' Carus." — The Reckoning, Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
MOHAWK--Sunk 1859, at head of Clarkesville Island. — Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863, George Byron Merrick

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