Algonkin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Algonquin \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, prop. n.
     One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many
     distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern
     and eastern part of North America. The name was originally
     applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St.
     Lawrence.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Algonkin
       n 1: a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa
            river valley of Ontario and Quebec [syn: {Algonkian}]
       2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian people [syn:
           {Algonkian}]