Iroquese

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noun

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nounIroquese (plural Iroquese)
  1. obsoleteSynonym of Iroquois

    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
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    […] 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 chiefest natural wealth, are gathered into a very narrow outlet; […]

    1871, Charles Roger, Ottawa Past and Present, Ottawa, page 2

    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

    Synonyms: Iroquois

adjectiveIroquese (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteSynonym of Iroquois

    […] the Iroquese Country.

    1905, New Voyages to North-America, volume 1, page 119
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    “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

    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: Iroquois

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Origin

  1. FrenchIroquois
  2. EnglishIroquese

From French Iroquois.

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Iroquese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iroquese

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