noun pl. Maliseet or
Mal·i·seets or
Malecite or
Mal·e·cites a. A Native American people inhabiting the St. John River valley in New Brunswick and northeast Maine. The Maliseet helped form the Abenaki confederacy in the mid-18th century.
b. A member of this people.
- The Algonquian language of the Maliseet.
Origin:
Origin: From Micmac malisiit, one who speaks an incomprehensible language
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