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Cree

Cree [ kree ] (plural Cree or Crees)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Native N American people: a member of a Native North American people who live in central Canada and Montana. The Cree are the largest group of the Native Americans in Canada.

2. Cree language: the Algonquian language of the Cree people. Native speakers: 62,000.

[Mid-18th century. < Canadian French Cris, shortening of C(h)ristinaux, alteration of an Algonquian word (modern kinistiono)]

Cree adjective
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