Malecite

Malecite
noun
1. a member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
Hypernyms: ↑Algonquian, ↑Algonquin
2. the Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody
Syn: ↑Maleseet
Hypernyms: ↑Algonquian, ↑Algonquin, ↑Algonquian language

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/mal"euh suyt'/, n., pl. Malecites, (esp. collectively) Malecite for 1.
1. a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Malecite, mutually intelligible with Passamaquoddy.
Also, Maliseet.

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Malecite n. and a.
var. *Maliseet n. and a.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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