Nanticoke
1[nan-ti-kohk]
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noun, plural Nan·ti·cokes, (especially collectively) Nan·ti·coke.
a member of an extinct North American Indian people who inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
the Algonquian language of the Nanticoke.
a member of a group of people of southern Delaware of mixed white, black, and Indian ancestry.
Nanticoke
2[nan-ti-kohk or for 1, -koh]
noun
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Historical Examples of nanticoke
The Master ceased speaking, and the Nanticoke did as he was bid.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)James Athearn Jones
Look thar at the waters of the Nanticoke, beautiful as silver.
The Entailed HatGeorge Alfred Townsend
He's had the tide agin him since he entered the Nanticoke, and it's not turned yit.
The Entailed HatGeorge Alfred Townsend
By the light of the cabin lamp, that night, the yachtsmen aboard the Mollie studied the Nanticoke river on their chart.
Jack Harvey's AdventuresRuel Perley Smith
The Nanticoke hesitated to accept the obliging offer, alleging that the wife was so very small, and had four legs.
Curiosities of Olden TimesS. Baring-Gould