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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun plural (Ethnol.) A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York.
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- noun Plural form of
Mohican .
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Examples
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The Last of the Mohicans is another first-rate movie, and although it can't equal Saving Private Ryan for optical confusion, it does contain a scene wherein Hawkeye, its hero, provides covering fire for a messenger who is trying to escape from the fort to seek reinforcements.
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Movie roles depicting courage are many, but Last of the Mohicans was a good example, and shows both a man and a woman with commitment "to do or die" which is courage.
"Courage is not solely for men, but it is mainly for men." Ann Althouse 2009
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[Footnote A: The Shawanoes call the Mohicans their elder brother, and the Delawares their grandfather.]
Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet Drake, Benjamin, 1794-1841 1841
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The Mohicans were the possessors of the country first occupied by the Europeans in this portion of the continent.
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The Mohicans were the possessors of the country first occupied by the
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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[Footnote A: The Shawanoes call the Mohicans their _elder brother_, and the Delawares their _grandfather_.]
Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians Benjamin Drake 1817
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The Last of the Mohicans was the big hit of the season.
EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Owen Gleiberman 2010
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(The Mohicans are a native American tribe that vanished).
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And, sorry, but Last of the Mohicans is a chick movie.
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And, sorry, but Last of the Mohicans is a chick movie.
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