Mohammed
[moo-ham-id, -hah-mid, moh-] /mʊˈhæm ɪd, -ˈhɑ mɪd, moʊ-/
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(def 1).
noun
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(“the Conqueror”) 1430–81, sultan of Turkey 1451–81: conqueror of Constantinople 1453.
/məʊˈhæmɪd/
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same as Muhammad
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?1430–81, Ottoman sultan of Turkey (1451–81). He captured Constantinople (1453) and conquered large areas of the Balkans
former common English transliteration of Muhammad.
The worst of letting the learned gentry bully us out of our traditional Mahometan & Mahomet … is this: no sooner have we tried to be good & learnt to say, or at least write, Mohammed than they are fired with zeal to get us a step or two further on the path of truth, which at present seems likely to end in Muhammad with a dot under the h …. [H.W. Fowler, “A Dictionary of Modern English Usage,” 1926]
See Muhammad.
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[moo-ham-i-dn, moh-] /mʊˈhæm ɪ dn, moʊ-/ adjective 1. of or relating to Muhammad or Islam; Islamic; Muslim. noun 2. an adherent of Islam; Muslim. /məʊˈhæmɪdən/ noun, adjective 1. another word, formerly common in Western usage but never used among Muslims, for Muslim see Mohammed. Related: Mohammedanism.
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[moo-ham-i-dn-iz-uh m, moh-] /mʊˈhæm ɪ dnˌɪz əm, moʊ-/ noun 1. Muhammadanism; Islam. /məʊˈhæmɪdəˌnɪzəm/ noun 1. a name, formerly common in Western usage but never used among Muslims, for the Muslim religion; Islam See Islam