Montagnais
Americannoun
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Montagnais
plural
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a member of the southern group of Innu, a First Nation of Quebec and Labrador.
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the eastern Algonquian language of the southern Innu people, closely related to Cree.
noun
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a member of an Innu people living in Labrador and eastern Quebec
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the Algonquian language of this people
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Montagnais
First recorded in 1650–60; from Canadian French; literally, “member of a mountain tribe” (in the singular),“mountaineers” (in the plural), derivative of French montagne mountain ( def. )
Example Sentences
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But I tell you he is only a wild Montagnais hunter.
From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Ch Montagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Montagnais, he go stumble t'rough snow—how you call dat?—hill, steep—steep!
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut
The Doctor, with the other Montagnais, was sufficient for the rest of the way.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
He said one day two Indian guides, Montagnais, came to his camp.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
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