Iroquese

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Iroquese

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From French Iroquois.

noun Iroquese

  1. obsolete Synonym of Iroquois […] Frontenac, now Kingston, was situated on Lake Ontario, which, as Hennepin tells us, was called by the Iroquese, Kanandario, which means “very pretty lake,” and where the deep clear waters of that most safely navigable of all the great lakes of this continent, the source of North America’s chiefe

    Similar: Iroquois

adjective

  1. not comparable, obsolete Synonym of Iroquois “There was an Iroquese captain,” says Hennepin “who, one day wanting his bowl, entered into the town of Montreal, in Canada, crying ‘Hai! hai!’ which, in their language, is the sign of peace; he was received with many caresses of kindness.”

    Similar: Iroquois

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@misc{iroquese_2026,
  title = {Iroquese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iroquese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}