Igorot

[ ig-uh-roht, ee-guh- ]

/ ˌɪg əˈroʊt, ˌi gə- /

a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.

Example sentences from the Web for igorot

Igorot women were made the mistresses of both officers and soldiers.

The Bontoc Igorot |Albert Ernest Jenks
They persecuted the Igorot even worse than had the insurrectos.

The Bontoc Igorot |Albert Ernest Jenks
Others of Igorot and Kalinga origin sometimes appear, but are seldom imitated by the local basket-makers.

The Tinguian |Fay-Cooper Cole
The life of the Igorot is somber-hued indeed as compared with that of his more advanced neighbor, the Ilokano.

The Bontoc Igorot |Albert Ernest Jenks

Now and then they could see an Igorot village far below, but this was mostly uninhabited country.

The Golden Skull |John Blaine

Igorot

/ (ˌɪɡəˈrəʊt, ˌiːɡə-) /

a member of a Negrito people of the mountains of N Luzon in the Philippines: noted as early exponents of mining