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Definition of: Mahdi
(mä′dē) noun
The Moslem messiah, or one claiming the title; specifically, Mohammed Ahmed, 1843–85, who led a revolt in the Sudan, 1883. [<Arabic mahdīy, lit., he who is guided aright, pp. of hadā lead rightly]
—Mah′dism noun
—Mah′dist adjective & noun
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