Maliseet Definition
mălə-sēt
malecite, maliseet
noun
A member of 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-1700s.
American Heritage
The Algonquian language of the Maliseet.
American Heritage
Origin of Maliseet
From Mi'kmaq malisiit one who speaks an incomprehensible language
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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