Cree

noun

ˈkrē 

1

plural Cree or Crees : a member of an Algonquian-speaking First Nations people of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan

2

: the Algonquian language of the Cree people

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Cree

• be
• bee
• bree
• fee
• flea
• flee
• free
• gee
• ghee
• glee
• he
• ki

Kids Definition

Cree

noun

ˈkrē 

plural Cree or Crees

: a member of a First Nations people of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan

also : their language