Pemmican Definition
pemikən
noun
Dried lean meat, pounded into a paste with fat and preserved in the form of pressed cakes.
Webster's New World
Dried beef, suet, dried fruit, etc., prepared as a concentrated high-energy food, used for emergency rations.
Webster's New World
A food prepared by Native Americans from lean dried strips of meat pounded into paste, mixed with fat and berries, and pressed into small cakes.
American Heritage
A food made chiefly from beef, dried fruit, and suet, used as emergency rations.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- pemican
Other Word Forms of Pemmican
Noun
Singular:
pemmican
Plural:
pemmicansOrigin of Pemmican
Cree pimihkān from pimihkēw he makes grease, makes pemmican from Proto-Algonquian pemihkēwa pemyi grease -ehkē- to make, gather
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Cree pimihkān from pimihkēw he makes grease, makes pemmican from Proto-Algonquian pemihkēwa pemyi grease -ehkē- to make, gather
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimîhkân, “pemmican"), from ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard").
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