Definition of 'algonquian'

Noun

1. a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
      Synonyms: Algonquin
2. family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
      Synonyms: Algonquin Algonquian language

Adjective

1. of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
      Synonyms: Algonkian Algonquin

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