Algonkin
noun
Algonkins
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pluralof Algonkin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A singular example of the last is presented by the tribes to whom I have already referred as occupying this area,—the Algonkins.
From American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them by Daniel Garrison Brinton
However, the case of the Algonkins and the Hurons was growing very desperate.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
But the Algonkins and Iroquois were mortal enemies; the Algonkins were friendly to the French, the Iroquois to the English.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
All the tribes of the Algonkins were nomadic, shifting from place to place as the fishing and hunting upon which they depended required.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson
The Algonkins, however, thought otherwise, and the myth itself suggests a theriomorphic earth-maker.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
