mound builder
noun
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Origin of mound builder
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby mound builder
moulmein, moult, moultrie, moulvi, mound, mound builder, mound-builder, moundbird, mounding, mounds view, moundsman
Definition for mound builder (2 of 2)
Mound Builder
noun
a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
Origin of Mound Builder
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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British Dictionary definitions for mound builder
Mound Builder
noun
a member of a group of prehistoric inhabitants of the Mississippi region who built altar-mounds, tumuli, etc
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