Cree

[kree]

noun

plural

Crees ,

plural

Cree .

1. a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.

2. an Algonquian language, the language of the Cree Indians.

Cree

¹

/ kriː /

noun

1. a member of a Native American people living in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

3. a syllabic writing system of this and certain other languages

cree

²

/ kriː /

noun

1. dialect,  temporary immunity from the rules of a game: said by children

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cree¹

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

Origin of Cree²

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Among the artefacts being returned is an Inuit kayak that had historically been used to hunt whales in Canada's far north, and a set of embroidered gloves that came from the Cree Nation.

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Students learn about food in their Cree classes and participate in land-based food activities and harvests.

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Cree is able to put himself to bed, thank God.

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“Together, as a Nation, we mourn with the people of James Smith Cree Nation,” Chief Bobby Cameron said in a news release.

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Gladstone told the outlet that her earrings were a Blackfeet design made by Antelope Women Designs’ Blackfeet/Cree artist Lenise Omeasoo.

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