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Cree

Pronunciation: /kriː/

Definition of Cree

noun (plural same or Crees)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people living in a vast area of central Canada.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Algonquian language of the Cree, closely related to Montagnais. It has about 60,000 speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Cree or their language.

Origin:

from Canadian French Cris, abbreviation of Cristinaux, from Algonquian

Cree in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Cree in the US English dictionary