Mahomet

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/mɑˈhoʊmɛt/

proper noun

A male given name.

OriginMiddle English Macomet ← Latin Machometus ← Arabic مُحَمَّد →
UncommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativearchaicobsoleteAlternative spelling of Muhammad (the prophet who introduced Islam).
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    The sultan and all his grandees, confident in the means of protection, entered the serraglio, took down the sangiac-sheriff, or sacred standard of Mahomet, and, headed by a number of Oulemas reciting apposite passages from the Koran, proceeded forthwith to the imperial mosque of Achmet, in the square of the Hippodrome, at a very few paces from the palace.

    1829, Charles Mac Farlane, Constantinople in 1828. A Residence of Sixteen Months in the Turkish Capital and Provinces: […], London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 120
  2. rareA male given name.

Origin

  1. Arabicمُحَمَّد
  2. LatinMachometus
  3. Middle EnglishMacomet
  4. EnglishMahomet

From Middle English Macomet, from Latin Machometus, Mahometus, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad.

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APA

Mahomet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mahomet

MLA

“Mahomet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mahomet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mahomet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mahomet.

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