Mohammedan

[ moo-ham-i-dn, moh- ]

/ mʊˈhæm ɪ dn, moʊ- /

of or relating to Muhammad or Islam; Islamic; Muslim.

an adherent of Islam; Muslim.

Origin of Mohammedan

First recorded in 1675–85; Mohammed + -an

half-Mo·ham·med·an, adjective non-Mo·ham·med·an, adjective, noun pseu·do-Mo·ham·med·an, adjective, noun

Hadith, the Mohammedan Talmud, being a traditional account of Mahomet's sayings and doings.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood
Old pictures by Mohammedan artists always represent hell as being full of women.

Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia |M. E. Hume-Griffith
Damascus contains a Mohammedan mosque, called "the Synagogue of Damascus," a building of unequalled magnificence.

Early Travels in Palestine |Arculf et al.
All the great buildings of India are Mohammedan; so are all the great works that are not English.

Greater Britain |Charles Wentworth Dilke

This is no declaration of an altered policy or sentiment as regards our Mohammedan fellow-subjects in India.

Standard Selections |Various

Mohammedan

/ (məʊˈhæmɪdən) /

another word, formerly common in Western usage but never used among Muslims, for Muslim