Main Entry:

Cree

Pronunciation:

\ˈkrē\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Cree or Crees

Etymology:

Canadian French Cris, plural, short for Cristinaux, from Ojibwa dialect 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