/meuh hee"keuhn/ , n. , pl. Mahicans , ( esp. collectively ) Mahican .
1. a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
2. a member of this tribe or confederacy.
Also, Mohican .
[ 1605-15; ma·hí·kan; cf. -a·hi·kan in kihta·hí·kan ocean, with kiht- great) ]