Blackfoot

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[ blak-foot ]

noun,plural Black·feet, (especially collectively) Black·foot.
  1. a member of a North American tribe of Indians of Algonquian stock.

  2. the Algonquian language of the Blackfeet.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Blackfeet.

Origin of Blackfoot

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First recorded in 1785–95; translation of Blackfoot siksíka

Words Nearby Blackfoot

Other definitions for Blackfoot (2 of 2)

Blackfoot2
[ blak-foot ]

noun
  1. a town in SE Idaho.

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How to use Blackfoot in a sentence

  • The trappers understood the Blackfoot tongue well enough to make their responses models in the way of brevity and force.

    The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. Ellis
  • Then Carson and a few others set out to join a party which he knew was trapping in the Blackfoot country.

    The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. Ellis
  • They were of the Blackfoot tribe, and a wilder set of fellows one would hardly wish to see.

    Hudson Bay | R.M. Ballantyne
  • The young Blackfoot woman was cruelly treated by the Crow into whose possession she had passed.

  • Again and again the wolf provided food in a similar manner, until at length they reached the Blackfoot camp.

British Dictionary definitions for Blackfoot

Blackfoot

/ (ˈblækˌfʊt) /


noun
  1. plural -feet or -foot a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains

  2. any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Algonquian family

Origin of Blackfoot

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C19: translation of Blackfoot Siksika

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