algonquin
adjective
1. of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
Similar word(s): algonkian, algonquian
noun
1. a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
Similar word(s): algonquian
Definition categories: person, amerindian
2. family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
Similar word(s): algonquian
Definition categories: communication, amerind, indian