Assiniboin

American  

[uh-sin-uh-boin] / əˈsɪn əˌbɔɪn /

noun

plural

Assiniboins,

plural

Assiniboin

1. a member of a Siouan people of northeastern Montana and adjacent parts of Canada.

2. the Siouan language spoken by the Assiniboin.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Assiniboin or their language.

Etymology

Origin of Assiniboin

First recorded in 1675–85; from Canadian French Assiniboine, from Ojibwe (Saulteaux dialect) assini·-pwa·n literally, “stone Sioux” (equivalent to unattested Proto-Algonquian aʔsenyi “stone” + unattested pwa·θa “enemy tribesman”)

Example Sentences

Assiniboin, Cree and Mandan were among the tribes who lived in high style before the European invaders manifested their destiny.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fort Union served as a linchpin in John Jacob Astor's lucrative beaver-fur and buffalo trade with the Assiniboin, Crow and Blackfeet Indians.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Assiniboin was perfectly equipped for the voyage up the river, and had sixty men on board.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp

The Assiniboin had already taken our baggage on board, but still lay on the east bank, for an attempt to bring it over to our side had failed, because the water was too low.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp

On the way we 165 found the horns of an elk, with twelve antlers, and it was late before we reached the Assiniboin.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp