Micmac

[ mik-mak ]

/ ˈmɪk mæk /

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noun, plural Mic·macs, (especially collectively) Mic·mac for 1.

a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

the Algonquian language of these people.

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Words nearby Micmac

Mickey Finn, mickey mouse, Mickiewicz, mickle, micky, Micmac, miconazole nitrate, MICR, micra, micracoustic, micrencephaly

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How to use Micmac in a sentence

When they heard the news, about sixty Acadians decided on flight, and with a Micmac guide began to make their way north.
Amy in Acadia|Helen Leah Reed
The next fourteen lists are, with the exception of the Micmac, from the same collection.
The Number Concept|Levi Leonard Conant
Seldom has a school been started under greater difficulties than this Micmac institution.
Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir|William MacGregor
I saw one woman of ninety years of age, Sarah Aseleka, perhaps the only Micmac of pure blood in the settlement.
Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir|William MacGregor

The unfortunate Beothuk was thus crushed out of existence by the white man and the invading Micmac.
Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir|William MacGregor

British Dictionary definitions for Micmac

Micmac

/ (ˈmɪkmæk) /

noun

plural -macs or -mac a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the Maritime Provinces of Canada

the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

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