n. | 1. | One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence. |
Noun | 1. | Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast Synonyms: Algonquian |
2. | Algonquin - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains Synonyms: Algonquian language, Algonquian | |
Adj. | 1. | Algonquin - of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language Synonyms: Algonkian, Algonquian |