a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
an Algonquian language, the language of the Cree Indians.
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
from first syllable of Canadian French Christianaux, probably based on Ojibwa Kenistenoag (tribal name)
of unknown origin
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He is survived by his wife, Cinda Cree Hicks, six children and 14 grandchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Melanie Cree and her husband Alan, from Bangor in Northern Ireland, were due to fly home from Corfu Airport on the day of the outage.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
Students learn about food in their Cree classes and participate in land-based food activities and harvests.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024
Cairo and I love the pasta with the truffle and Parmesan cheese, and Cree loves the beef ravioli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
I watched it in the steps that pulled Isaac, the man who dreamed in Cree, home to his love.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
The court will hear arguments on this subject in mid-October, may take several months to write its de cree.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a curt de cree, the government dismissed the 86-year-old Chrysostomos and the twelve bishops of the Holy Synod, the church's highest governing body.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Cree, cree, cree,” Frightful answered from a leafless maple.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Luis de Leon implicitly denied the charge, which he manifestly thought beneath contempt: 'Y si yo hubiera tratado como Leon cree de que la Inquisicion vedara su libro, yo hiciera que se advirtiera.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James
The door of Ruttledge's office whispered: ee: cree.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
For third-year engineering student Michelle Crees, there is a lack of clarity over what to expect over the coming weeks.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
A respected figure among the Crees, his Indigenous community, the tallyman made sure there were enough animals and other resources in the trapline for current and future generations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Over the years, the Crees have pushed for greater protection of their traditional territory in northern Quebec, which are mostly on provincial lands.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
The Crees who moved to nearby Chisasibi now have electricity, running water and ties to the outside world, but they have lost their traditional way of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beaching his canoe at the Company landing, where he was welcomed as one returned from the dead by two post Crees, Marcel, leading his dog by a rawhide thong, sought the Mission House.
From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.
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