Meanings
nounwemistikoshiw (plural wemistikoshiw)
- CanadaAmong the Cree, a non-Native American person; a white man.
We are crying, looking at one another. A small group of wemistikoshiw gathers and stares at us.
2005, Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road, Penguin, published 2008, page 61 more example
Sister Wesley said we needed the building to protect us from other wemistikoshiw men who live a long way away, who are called the Soviets.
2014, Edmund Metatawabin, Up Ghost River
Origin
From Cree, literally "he has a wooden boat", from ᒥᐢᑎᑯᓯ (mistikosi)/mistikosi (“wooden boat”).
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