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Wyandot|ˈwaɪəndɒt|
Also † Wayandott, Wyandot(t)e.
[ad. F. Ouendat, ad. Huron Wendat.]
1. (A member of) a North American Indian people belonging to the Huron nation and originally living in Ontario; the language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1749J. Hamilton Let. 2 Oct. in Documents Colonial Hist. New-York (1855) VI. 531 The Twitchwees & Wayandotts..for two or three years past have dealt largely with our Traders. 1785T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xi. 187 Tribes..Wyandots..Near Fort St. Joseph's and Detroit. 1786[see Huron]. 1789[see Sauk]. 1804Maryland Hist. Mag. IV. 6 The Indian chief, Tarhie, a Wyandote..[was] hunting bears. 1826J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans III. ii. 46 What will our fathers think the tribes of the Wyandots have become? 1837[see Shawnee n. 1]. 1913A. S. Palmer Samson-Saga xiv. 167 The Wyandot Indians have a like myth. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics Spring 105 He [sc. Sapir] knew something about Wyandotte. 1979B. A. Leitch Conc. Dict. Indian Tribes N. Amer. 189 By the 1970s Wyandot were among the leading citizens of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, numbering about 1,000.
2. (Usu. with spelling Wyandotte.) One of a breed of medium-sized domestic fowls, of American origin.
1884Bazaar 12 Sept. 866/1 Wyandottes. Wanted a few early pullets, pure bred. 1897K. B. B. De La Bere Poultry Guide i. 21 He has..reared 1,000 head of Black Minorcas,..and Wyandottes. 1906Westm. Gaz. 24 Dec. 2/2 Time was when the world knew no Wyandotte fowl at all; but the ingenuity of the fancier has now given it White, Silver,..Partridge, Silver-pencilled, and Blue-laced Wyandottes. |