Iroquois Definition

ĭrə-kwoi
noun
A member of a confederation of Iroquoian Indian peoples that lived in upstate New York and included the Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Mohawks, and (after 1723) the Tuscaroras: their descendants live in New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Oklahoma.
Webster's New World
Any of the languages spoken by the Iroquois.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

A confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. Also known as the Iroquois League.

Wiktionary

Any of the languages of the Iroquois, belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.

Wiktionary
A person belonging to one of these tribes.
Wiktionary

A kind of hairdo, where both sides of the head are shaved leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of the Iroquois or their languages or cultures.
Webster's New World

Origin of Iroquois

  • Borrowing from French, from Algonquian Irinakhoiw, literally, 'real adders'.

    From Wiktionary

  • French probably of Algonquian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Iroquois Sentence Examples

  • In 1617 the Dutch negotiated with the Iroquois a treaty of peace and alliance.

  • Samuel de Champlain, as governor of Quebec, entered what is now Vermont in July 1609 in an expedition against the Iroquois, and thus laid the basis for the French claim.

  • In 1696 Frontenac decided to take the field against the Iroquois, although at this time he was seventy-six years of age.

  • This rested on the fear of the Iroquois for the French and their hope of protection from the English.

  • It was due to his influence that the Iroquois refused to join Pontiac in his conspiracy, and he was instrumental in arranging the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to Iroquois using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

IIRIRO

Words Ending With

SISOIS

Unscrambles

Iroquois

Words Starting With I and Ending With S

Starts With I & Ends With SStarts With IR & Ends With SStarts With I & Ends With IS

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With I8 Letter Words Ending With S