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Cree

noun
\ˈkrē \
plural Cree or Crees

Definition of Cree 

1 : a member of an American Indian people of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan

2 : the Algonquian language of the Cree people

First Known Use of Cree

1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for 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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