English Dictionary

Mahound

IPA（発音記号）

/məˈhuːnd/

名詞

古語 廃用 スコットランド・アイルランド

(archaic, now rare) Muhammad, believed by medieval Europeans to be a demon or god that Muslims worshipped.

日本語の意味

中世ヨーロッパにおいて、ムスリムが崇拝する存在として描かれたムハンマド（あるいはその像）を、悪魔または神として捉えた呼称。

Medieval Christian polemicists often invoked Mahound to depict Muhammad as a demonic or false deity.

中世のキリスト教の論争者たちはしばしばムハンマドを取り上げ、彼を悪魔的な存在あるいは偽りの神として描いた。

意味（1）

(archaic, now rare) Muhammad, believed by medieval Europeans to be a demon or god that Muslims worshipped.

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.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A generic pagan god or idol believed by medieval Europeans to be worshipped by various villains such as Herod I.

意味（3）

(now rare, chiefly in Scotland and Ireland) The Devil.

And there were vessels that are wrought by magic of Mahound out of seasand and the air by a warlock with his breath that he blares into them like to bubbles.

Mahounds （ plural ）