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Wyandot

Pronunciation: /ˈwʌɪəndɒt/

(also Wyandotte)
Definition of Wyandot

noun

  • 1a member of an American Indian community formed by Huron-speaking peoples, originally in Ontario, now living mainly in Oklahoma and Quebec.
  • 2 [mass noun] the extinct Iroquoian language of the Wyandot.
  • 3 (usually Wyandotte) a domestic chicken of a medium-sized American breed.

adjective

  • relating to the Wyandot people or their language.

Origin:

mid 18th century: from French Ouendat, from Huron Wendat

Wyandot in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Wyandot in the US English dictionary