Algonkian

Definitions of Algonkian

1. noun

   a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
   synonyms: Algonkin

   type of:

   Algonquian, Algonquin

   a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
2. noun

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian
   synonyms: Algonkin

   type of:

   Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin

   family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
3. adjective

   of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
   synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin