Mahometan

[ muh-hom-i-tn ]

/ məˈhɒm ɪ tn /

Origin of Mahometan

First recorded in 1520–30; Mahomet + -an

Ma·hom·et·an·ism, noun

For257 a Mahometan who chose a vizir ruled, but did not govern.

History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz
This territory, being under Mahometan rule, was connected in spirit with the East.

History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz
Servia, too, has its ballad-cycles of Christian and Mahometan warfare, which suppose an age obviously heroic.

The Epic |Lascelles Abercrombie
They were to live under the Mahometan laws, administered by their own judges, and to be tried by mixed tribunals.

Europe in the Sixteenth Century 1494-1598, Fifth Edition |A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson

That he had celebrated Mahometan rites, sacrificing a goat; and had given evidence in a hundred ways of being a Mahometan.

The Philippine Islands |John Foreman

Mahometan

/ (məˈhɒmɪtən) /

a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion

Mahometanism, noun