Mahound

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /məˈhuːnd/, /məˈhaʊnd/

Noun

Mahound (plural Mahounds)

1. (archaic, now rare) Muhammad, believed by medieval Europeans to be a demon or god that Muslims worshipped. [from 13th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:

     But, when he to himselfe returnd againe, / All full of rage he gan to curse and sweare, / And vow by Mahoune that he should be slaine.

2. (obsolete) A generic pagan god or idol believed by medieval Europeans to be worshipped by various villains such as Herod the Great. [13th-16th c.]
3. (now rare, chiefly, in Scottish and Irish) The Devil. [from 14th c.]

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