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noun
1.
a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
adjective
2.
belonging or relating to the Iroquois or their tribes.
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Iroquois
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Origin:
1660–70, Americanism; < French: adaptation of an unidentified term in an Algonquian language
1660–70, Americanism; < French: adaptation of an unidentified term in an Algonquian language
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| Iroquois (ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪz) | |
| —n , pl -quois | |
| 1. | Five Nations See also Six Nations a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly living between the Hudson River and the St Lawrence and Lake Erie |
| 2. | any of the Iroquoian languages |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of or relating to the Iroquois, their language, or their culture |
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Word Origin & History
Iroquois
1666, from Fr. (1603); not an Iroquoian word; perhaps from an Algonquian language.
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