pekan

[ pek-uh n ]

/ ˈpɛk ən /

noun

the fisher, Martes pennanti.

Nearby words

peirce, benjamin, peirce, charles sanders, peisistratus, pejoration, pejorative, pekan, peke, pekepoo, pekin, pekinese, peking

Origin of pekan

1710–20, Americanism; < Canadian French pécan, pécant, pékan < Eastern Abenaki (French spelling) pékané

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Examples from the Web for pekan

Even yet he had one advantage which no amount of courage or speed on the part of the pekan could have overcome.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
Others call it the fisher, although it never fishes, while to the Indians it is the pekan—the killer-in-the-dark.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
Later, a pekan, sometimes called a fisher, killed another one.
The Chief Engineer|Henry Abbott
The men shortened the line to thirty miles and for six times in succession did pekan destroy the traps.
The Story of the Trapper|A. C. Laut

If Pekan is hungry he doesn't hesitate to dine on Porcupine.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children|Thornton W. Burgess

British Dictionary definitions for pekan

pekan

/ (ˈpɛkən) /

noun

another name for fisher (def. 2)

Word Origin for pekan

C18: from Canadian French pékan, of Algonquian origin; compare Abnaki pékané

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