The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mahomedan \Ma*hom"ed*an\, Mahometan \Ma*hom"et*an\, n. See Mohammedan.
Mohammedan \Mo*ham"med*an\, a. [From Mohammed, fr. Ar. muh['a]mmad praiseworthy, highly praised.] Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed; in the latter sense, synonymous with Islamic, the term preferred by Moslems.
Mohammedan \Mo*ham"med*an\, n. A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islam (also called Islamism or Mohammedanism); an adherent of Islam; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism; a Muslim; a Moslem; a Musselman; -- this term is used mostly by non-Moslems, and some Moslems find it offensive. [Written also Muhammadan, Mahometan, Mahomedan, etc.]
Usage examples of "mahomedan".
To cite a rather trivial example, nothing in the creed or practice of Christians does more to envenom the hatred of Mahomedans against them, than the fact of their eating pork.
When those regions afterwards fell under the dominion of Mahomedan conquerors, the Parsees obtained from them a continuance of indulgence, on condition of refraining from pork.
She was very poorly dressed, and there seemed to be no likelihood that the favorite of a rich Mahomedan should appear in a courtyard in Copenhagen.
Sparsit returned, in effect, though not of the Mahomedan persuasion: ’To hear is to obey.