Cree
noun
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
Crees
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pluralof Cree.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
As in 1973, it would become much more difficult for the Crees to halt work once it has begun.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the Crees and several other tribes, they believe that thunder is produced by an enormous bird, which some of them pretend to have seen.
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 Alexander Philipp Maximilian
