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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Contemporary Examples of cree

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Pamela Redmond Satran/Nameberry
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The challenge for Cree is that LEDs are really expensive, compared to traditional bulbs.
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December 4, 2013
Cree is primarily a supplier to commercial and industrial users.
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Historical Examples of cree

His face was almost as inscrutable as that of the Sphinx, or a Cree Indian.
Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay
G. Harvey Ralphson
"Go on ahead, Tamasjo, and find the trail," said Ned to the waiting Cree.
Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay
G. Harvey Ralphson
How silly that some one had not thought of the old Cree before.
Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay
G. Harvey Ralphson
In one corner stood the wheel at which Cree had to fill his own pirns.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie
He payed off all he owed, and so Cree's life was not, I think, a failure.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for cree

cree

noun

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

Word Origin for cree

of unknown origin

Cree

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

Word Origin for Cree

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

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Word Origin and History for cree

Cree

1744, from phonetic rendering of Canadian French Cris, short for Christinaux, from Ojibwa (Algonquian) *kiristino, originally referring to a group in the Hudson Bay region.