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iroquois
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun iroquois has 2 senses
- iroquois(n = noun.person) Array - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution; Array is a kind of american indian, indian, red indian
- iroquois(n = noun.communication) iroquoian, iroquoian language - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois; Array is a kind of american-indian language, american indian, amerind, amerindian language, indian
has particulars: cayuga, cherokee, erie, mohawk, oneida, onondaga, seneca, tuscarora
has particulars: cherokee, cayuga, mohawk, seneca, oneida, onondaga, tuscarora
CIDE DICTIONARY
iroquois, n. sing. & pl. [F.].
A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
iroquois, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same)
1 a an American Indian confederacy of five peoples formerly inhabiting New York State. b a member of any of these peoples.
2 any of the languages of these peoples.
--adj. of or relating to the Iroquois or their languages.
--n. (pl. same)
1 a an American Indian confederacy of five peoples formerly inhabiting New York State. b a member of any of these peoples.
2 any of the languages of these peoples.
--adj. of or relating to the Iroquois or their languages.
Etymology
F f. Algonquin
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