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Winnebago, n. (a.)|wɪnəˈbeɪgəʊ|
[ad. Fox wi·nepye·ko·ha, lit. ‘person of dirty water’, an allusion to the muddy waters of the Fox River below Lake Winnebago, which became clogged with dead fish in the heat of the summer.]
1. a. (A member of) a Siouan people of eastern Wisconsin. b. The language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1766J. Carver Jrnl. 25 Sept. in J. Parker Jrnls. J. Carver & Related Documents, 1766–70 (1976) I. 78 Arrivd at the great town of the Winebaygoes. Ibid. 79 The town of the Winebagoes is situate on the south east end of an island at the east end of the Winebago Lake. 1827Spirit of Seventy-Six (Frankfort, Kentucky) 2 Aug. 2/1 An express reached here this moment from Galena..with information of hostilities having been commenced by the Winnebago Indians, on the settlers. 1835C. F. Hoffman Winter in West I. 257 The Winnebago chief..[had] just left the establishment. 1839H. R. Schoolcraft Algic Researches I. 13 The Winnebagoes are clearly of the Abanic stock. 1860Harper's Mag. Sept. 568/2 As he could not speak Winnebago, the first thing to be done was to find an interpreter. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 832/1 The Winnebagoes are a branch of the Dakota family. 1907L. H. Morgan Anc. Society iii. iii. 440 In Winnebago and Achaotina she is ‘my sister’. 1910F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 958/1 The Winnebago have been known to the whites since 1634, when the Frenchman Nicollet found them in Wisconsin, on Green Bay. 1933[see Mandan a. and n.]. 1966A. C. Hardy Divine Flame iii. 65 Those tribes belonging to the great Sioux family such as the Omaha, Ponka, Kansas, Dakota, Iowa, Winnebago, etc. 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 81 Winnebago women's mocassins have a flap over the toe. 1975Language LI. 317 Ferguson..suggests that Hockett's analysis of Winnebago is unusual.
2. Special Comb.: Winnebago camper, a motor vehicle with insulated panels used as living accommodation by campers (a proprietary term in the U.S.); also ellipt.
1966Mobile Home Jrnl. Oct. (Advt., rear cover), Your most enjoyable travel companion is a Winnebago Pickup Camper Coach. 1970Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Nov. tm 132 Winnebago Industries, Inc., Forest City, Iowa. Filed Aug. 6, 1969. Winnebago... For Vehicles and Components..—Namely Motor Homes, Travel Trailers, House Trailers, Camper Coaches, [etc.]..First use April 1959. 1975I. K. Martin Regan & Manhattan File 104 Regan..noted..a Winnibago camper parked to the rear... The back door of the Winnibago opened. |