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klootch

klootch noun: klootchman: woman, wife (especially if Native American).

Noun

klootch (plural klootches)

  1. (Canada, US, Western, dialectal, uncommon) klootchman: woman, wife (especially if Native American).

Forms of klootch

pluralklootches
alternative formklooch

Origin of klootch

Either a shortening of klootchman, or simply from the Nootka łuuč (“female”); that is, from the first part of that word without the addition of the second part.

Questions about klootch

What does klootch mean?
Klootch means klootchman: woman, wife (especially if Native American).
What part of speech is klootch?
Klootch is a noun.
What is the plural of klootch?
The plural of klootch is klootches.

Words near klootch in the dictionary

  1. kloofs
  2. Klooster
  3. Kloosterman
  4. Kloostermans
  5. Kloosters
  6. klootch
  7. klootches
  8. klootchman
  9. klootchmans
  10. klootchmen
  11. klopemania

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