Associations to the word «Mahound»
Wiktionary
MAHOUND, noun. (archaic) (now rare) Muhammad, believed by medieval Europeans to be a demon or god that Muslims worshipped. [from 13th c.]
MAHOUND, noun. (obsolete) A generic pagan god or idol believed by medieval Europeans to be worshipped by various villains such as Herod I. [13th-16th c.]
MAHOUND, noun. (now rare) (chiefly in Scottish and Irish) The Devil. [from 14th c.]
Dictionary definition
MAHOUND, noun. The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.