Montagnais
Americannoun
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Montagnais
plural
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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
Noun Inflected Forms
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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Ch Montagnais chief, makes long harangue to Champlain, 10; his relations with Champlain, 50-51.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
"I warn you 'We are seven' plus the two Montagnais; they stay to-night."
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
Ch Montagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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 Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Mais, Montagnais, he stick gun-stock in de snow stop heem fall—so—see?
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut
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