noun
or mo·hi·can məˈhēkən, mōˈ-
( plural mahican or mahicans or mohican or mohicans )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Mahican, literally, wolf
1.
a. : an Indian people of the upper Hudson river valley and eastward into the valley of the Housatonic
b. : a member of such people
2. : an Algonquian language of the Mahican people