MUHAMMADAN

I. adjective

or mo·ham·med·an mōˈhaməd ə n, -häm-, -hȧm-, -dən sometimes məˈ- or müˈ-

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Muhammad, Mohammed died A.D.632 Arabian prophet and founder of Islam + English -an, adjective suffix

: of or relating to Muhammad or the religion and institutions founded by Muhammad

II. noun

or mohammedan “

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Muhammad, Mohammed died A.D.632 + English -an, n. suffix

: muslim — used predominantly by those outside the faith of Islam and usually taken to be offensive by the Islamic believer