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Tuscarora

Tus·ca·ro·ra [ tùskə ráwrə ] (plural Tus·ca·ro·ra or Tus·ca·ro·ras)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of Native N American people: a member of an Iroquois people who lived in North Carolina and who now live mainly in New York State and Ontario. In 1722 the Tuscarora joined the Iroquois Confederacy, which then became known as the Six Nations.

[Mid-17th century. < Iroquois, "hemp gatherer"]
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