Algonquin

Definition of the noun algonquin


1. 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. Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language : family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

Definition of the adj algonquin


1. Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin : of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language