Definition of Mahomet

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

Exact synonyms: Mahound, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad
Generic synonyms: Prophet

Definition of Mahomet

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Muhammad) ¹

2. Proper noun. (Arabic male given name) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahomet

Maharashtrians
Maharastra
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahayana
Mahayana Buddhism
Mahayanist
Mahdi
Mahernia verticillata
Mahgrib
Mahican
Mahilyow
Mahler
Mahlon
Mahmood
Mahmoud
Mahomet (current term)
Mahometan
Mahometanism
Mahometanize
Mahometanized
Mahometanizes
Mahometanizing
Mahometism
Mahometist
Mahometists
Mahometry
Mahonia aquifolium
Mahonia nervosa
Mahorais
Mahoran

Literary usage of Mahomet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"By the repetition of such acts, the character of Mahomet must have been ... If he retained any vestige of his native innocence, the sins of Mahomet may be ..."

2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"The intrepid Caled, wheeling his cavalry on their flank and rear, exclaimed, with a loud voice, that Mahomet was slain. lie was indeed wounded in the face ..."

3. The Cambridge Medieval History by John Bagnell Bury, James Pounder Whitney (1913)
"Amina, the mother of Mahomet, died a very few years later, and the orphan boy afterwards lived for a while in the charge of his grandfather, ..."

4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"He died a little before or little after the birth of Mahomet. ... Habib the Wise told Mahomet to prove his mission by cleaving the moon in two. ..."

5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"Mémoires secrets et aventures galantes de Mahomet, tirés d'un manuscrit trouve dans ... The life of Mahomet and history of Islam to the era of the Hegira. ..."

6. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester (1816)
"THE MESSIAH AND Mahomet. THE Messiah appeared among men as the Prince of ... Mahomet appeared as a Prince of WAR. The doctrines, the precepts and the ..."

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