Montagnais

American  

[mon-tuhn-yay, mawn-] / ˌmɒn tənˈjeɪ, ˌmɔ̃- /

noun

• Montagnais
  plural

1. a member of the southern group of Innu, a First Nation of Quebec and Labrador.

2. the eastern Algonquian language of the southern Innu people, closely related to Cree.

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Montagnais British  

/ ˌmɒntənˈjeɪ /

noun

1. a member of an Innu people living in Labrador and eastern Quebec

2. the Algonquian language of this people

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Montagnais
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Montagnais

First recorded in 1650–60; from Canadian French; literally, “member of a mountain tribe” (in the singular),“mountaineers” (in the plural), derivative of French montagne mountain ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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Montagnais

Already some trading vessels were bidding for furs, but the Montagnais had had a hard winter as well, and the Bay traders would have perished on the way.

From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Amanda Minnie Douglas

On the contrary, he was aware of an indefinable air of genuineness, of nobility even, about this Montagnais Englishman.

From The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams

He said one day two Indian guides, Montagnais, came to his camp.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller

De bear she roll over—over—dead's wan stone—c'est vrai! she no mor' jump top Montagnais!

From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut

As in the case of the pemican, these Nascapies, Montagnais, and Cree Indians bring into the posts dried meats, marrow fat and tongues to barter, and on this the post dwellers live.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Martin Hunter

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