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

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

  • He was then attired picturesquely in a fringed deerskin jacket dressed by some of the Blackfeet across the Rockies.

    The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
  • Crows and Blackfeet squabblingas usualbut no outbreaks, and settlers feeling fairly easy.

    A Horse's Tale | Mark Twain
  • The Blackfeet were troubled, for they did not know what to make of the old fellow.

    Frank Merriwell's Bravery | Burt L. Standish
  • The Blackfeet seemed to swarm through the woods, and sent in their treacherous shots from the most unexpected quarters.

    The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. Ellis
  • If the Blackfeet would only offer the opportunity for battle, the trappers meant to give them their fill.

    The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. Ellis

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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