Iroquois
a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
belonging or relating to the Iroquois or their tribes.
Origin of Iroquois
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How to use Iroquois in a sentence
Of course, it wasn’t ungoverned—just that nations like the Iroquois or Apache had societies alien to arrivals from Europe’s kingdoms.
Sebastian Junger: What We Talk About When We Talk About Freedom | Nathan S. Webster | May 31, 2021 | The Daily BeastHe also fell in love with an Iroquois girl and concealed her within his home, under the care of one of his slaves.
New York’s Scariest Night Out: The Ghosts, Rats, and Lunatics of ‘Nightmare New York’ | Justin Jones | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKessenich, to be fair, has also lavished the Iroquois with praise for their skills and sportsmanship in subsequent games.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower | Evin Demirel | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf for nothing else, lacrosse matters because it reminds us the Iroquois still exist.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower | Evin Demirel | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the teams played the Sunday before, the Iroquois lost by only a single point.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower | Evin Demirel | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
These comments incited an uproar among Iroquois fans believing Kessenich had disrespected their tradition.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower | Evin Demirel | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat it comes from another and similar Iroquois word, meaning "lake," being applied to the country as a region abounding in lakes.
An old man of the Iroquois nation once wished to make a beautiful Indian maiden his wife.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel PowersLederer travelled with a Tuscarora (Iroquois) interpreter, who gave them their name in his own tongue.
The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. BrintonAcquinoshinee, or United People, the vernacular name of the Iroquois for their confederacy.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftThe Iroquois next prepared to strike an effective blow against the collective tribes of kindred origin, called Algonquins.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
British Dictionary definitions for Iroquois
/ (ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪz) /
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: See also Five Nations, Six Nations
any of the Iroquoian languages
of or relating to the Iroquois, their language, or their culture
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