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Iroquese

Iroquese noun: synonym of Iroquois.

Noun

Iroquese (plural Iroquese)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Iroquois
    • […] Frontenac, now Kingston, was situated on Lake Ontario, which, as Hennepin tells us, was called by the Iroquese, Kanandario, which means “very pretty lake,” and where the deep clear waters of that most safely navigable of all the great lakes of this continent, the source of North America’s...1871, Charles Roger, Ottawa Past and Present, Ottawa, page 2
    • The Iroquese and the Delaware never marry into their own stock.1875, Alfred Henry Huth, The Marriage of Near Kin Considered with Respect to the Laws of Nations, the Results of Experience, and the Teachings of Biology, London, page 117
    Synonyms:
    Iroquois

Adjective

Iroquese (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Iroquois
    • “There was an Iroquese captain,” says Hennepin “who, one day wanting his bowl, entered into the town of Montreal, in Canada, crying ‘Hai! hai!’ which, in their language, is the sign of peace; he was received with many caresses of kindness.”1878, Alfred B. Street, Frontenac: A Poem, Albany, page 301
    • […] the Iroquese Country.1905, New Voyages to North-America, volume 1, page 119
    Synonyms:
    Iroquois

Examples of Iroquese in a sentence

  • On my journey through the country of the Iroquese I saw the women employed in manufacturing this hemp.1891, Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, volume 6, Boston, page 35:
  • In North America the Narragansett Indian Church set up in 1740, Jaqui Syncretic Churches existing since 1760 and the Handsome Lake cult among the Iroquese people still function.1992, Africana Bulletin, page 74:

Synonyms of Iroquese

Forms of Iroquese

pluralIroquese

Origin of Iroquese

From French Iroquois.

Words that rhyme with Iroquese

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Questions about Iroquese

What does Iroquese mean?
Iroquese means synonym of Iroquois.
How do you use Iroquese in a sentence?
On my journey through the country of the Iroquese I saw the women employed in manufacturing this hemp.
What part of speech is Iroquese?
Iroquese can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Iroquese?
The plural of Iroquese is Iroquese.

Words near Iroquese in the dictionary

  1. irony
  2. irony mark
  3. irony marks
  4. ironym
  5. ironyms
  6. Iroquese
  7. Iroquoia
  8. Iroquoian
  9. Iroquoianist
  10. Iroquoianists
  11. Iroquoians

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