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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 …

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  1. 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.
  2. n. a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
  3. n. the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian
  4. 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.
  5. n a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec n the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian