Iroquois
[ ir-uh-kwoi, -kwoiz ]
/ ˈɪr əˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪz /
noun, plural Ir·o·quois.
a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
adjective
belonging or relating to the Iroquois or their tribes.
Origin of Iroquois
1660–70,
Americanism; < French: adaptation of an unidentified term in an Algonquian language
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British Dictionary definitions for iroquois
Iroquois
/ (ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪz) /
noun plural -quois
a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly living between the Hudson River and the St Lawrence and Lake Erie
See also Five Nations, Six Nations
any of the Iroquoian languages
adjective
of or relating to the Iroquois, their language, or their culture