Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Algonquin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Algonquin \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Algonquin
adj : of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
language [syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonkian}, {Algonquin}]
n 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 [syn: {Algonquian},
{Algonquin}]
2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from
Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
[syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonquin}, {Algonquian language}]
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