Main Entry: Cree

Pronunciation: \ˈkrē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Cree or Crees

Etymology: Canadian French Cris, plural, short for Cristinaux, from Ojibwa dial. kirištino·, singular, member of a band living south of James Bay

Date: 1744

1 : a member of an American Indian people of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan
2 : the Algonquian language of the Cree people