n.
Pronunciation: ' mä-k ə -s ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Virginia Algonquian mockasin
Date: circa 1612
1 a : a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot b : a regular shoe having a seam on the forepart of the vamp imitating the seam of a moccasin
2 a : WATER MOCCASIN b : a snake (as of the genus Natrix ) resembling a water moccasin