单词 | andaste |
释义 | Andasten.adj.α. 1700s– Andaste. β. rare 1800s Andastae, 1800s–1900s Andastoe. Now historical. A. n. A member of a Northern Iroquoian people formerly inhabiting an area on the lower Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania; = Susquehannock n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Iroquois peoples Mangoak1589 Iroquois1609 Susquehannock1612 Huron1648 Mingo1648 Meherrin1650 Iroquoian1687 Conestoga1699 Wyandot1748 neutral1854 1762 Amer. Gazetteer I. sig. B11 Andastes, a savage nation in Canada, bordering on Virginia, in North America. 1878 Amer. Antiquarian 1 32 The ‘Andastes’ are located east of the Alleghany Mountains. 1986 Wicazo Sa Rev. Spring 17 The Andaste were quick to comprehend the necessity of possessing an outlet in that quarter. 2007 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 5 Nov. b1 ‘The poverty on most reservations is horrible,’ said Mr. Posey, whose father was an Andaste. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Andaste; = Susquehannock adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Iroquois peoples Mingo1661 Iroquois1666 Susquehannock1666 Seneca1684 Iroquoian1697 Meherrin1709 Huron1712 Onondaga1715 Mohawk1751 Oneida1760 Wyandot1780 1857 H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. Indian Tribes U.S. VI. 139 In ten days they reached the Andaste town, and, on their appeal, the Andastes resolved to interfere. 1909 Ottawa Naturalist Aug. 102 The other four nations of the Iroquois league took up the strife, in the Andaste war. 1998 W. N. Fenton Great Law & Longhouse xvii. 247 The Mohawks were discovered and routed with heavy losses before they could besiege an Andaste stronghold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.adj.1762 |
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