Cree

[ kree ]

noun,plural Crees, (especially collectively) Cree.

a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
an Algonquian language, the language of the Cree Indians.

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How to use Cree in a sentence

Their features are sometimes good; but I never saw a really pretty woman among the Crees.
Hudson Bay | R.M. Ballantyne
The Seauteaux are similar to the Crees in many respects, and inhabit the country further in the interior.
Hudson Bay | R.M. Ballantyne
No, so crees sa me, my lady will have some little ting in her pelly first.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys. | Thomas Dekker
For more than a quarter of a century he had been a missionary among the Crees and Bloods and Piegans.
Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs
In the first place, he had been assured by Mr. Mabie that these Crees were not inclined to be hostile.
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game | Captain Quincy Allen

British Dictionary definitions for cree (1 of 2)

cree

/ (kriː) /

noun

South Wales and Southwest English dialect temporary immunity from the rules of a game: said by children

Origin of cree

of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for Cree (2 of 2)

Cree

/ (kriː) /

noun

plural Cree or Crees a member of a Native American people living in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

a syllabic writing system of this and certain other languages

Origin of Cree

from first syllable of Canadian French Christianaux, probably based on Ojibwa Kenistenoag (tribal name)

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