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Cree

noun \ ˈkrē \

Definition of Cree

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

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Origin and Etymology of cree

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

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