Montagnais
Americannoun
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a member of the southern group of Innu, a First Nation of Quebec and Labrador.
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the eastern Algonquian language of the southern Innu people, closely related to Cree.
noun
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a member of an Innu people living in Labrador and eastern Quebec
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the Algonquian language of this people
Other Word Forms
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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. )
Example Sentences
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To this northern group belong the Ojibway north of the lakes, including the Saulteaux, the Wood Cree, the Montagnais and the Naskapi.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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 Douglas, Amanda Minnie
The improvident Montagnais huddled in their birch tepees about the fort, raving for food, and perishing with disease; while of the twenty-eight Frenchmen there were only eight despairing survivors to greet the returning spring.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
He said one day two Indian guides, Montagnais, came to his camp.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
Then I had a shock when General Herkimer, ignoring me, sent for my Saguenay, but for what purpose I knew not, only that old Block's loud-voiced son-in-law, Colonel Cox, desired a Montagnais tracker.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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