algonquin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    Algonquian.
  2. noun family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
    Algonquian language; Algonquian.
  3. adjective of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
    Algonquian; Algonkian.

WordNet

Al*gon"quin, Al*gon"kin noun (Also<
  • Algonquin
  • Algonkin
)
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913