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mound builder

1

noun



Mound Builder

2

noun

  1. 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.

mound-builder

1

noun

  1. another name for megapode
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Mound Builder

2

noun

  1. a member of a group of prehistoric inhabitants of the Mississippi region who built altar-mounds, tumuli, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mound builder1

First recorded in 1835–45

Origin of mound builder2

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences

The specimen shown in fig. 302 is quoted as a “typical example of the cross of the mound-builder.”

Every skeleton of a Mound-Builder is found in a condition of extreme decay.

Furthermore the mound builder used metal tools, and was probably a metal worker.

They resemble the brown mound-builder ant; the slaves are black.

The professor closes his description with the remark: "The skeleton undoubtedly belonged to a veritable mound-builder."

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