单词 | indian nation |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian nation Indian nation n. = nation n.1 5.In earlier use perhaps not a fixed collocation.In quot. 1596 with reference to South America. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [noun] > American Indian Indian nation1596 nation1650 1596 W. Raleigh Second Voy. Guiana in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1600) III. 691 The Indian nations inhabiting betweene the coast of The Caracas and Guiana,..haue now turned their abused patience into furie. c1622 J. Pory Let. in Lost Descr. Plymouth Colony (1918) ii. 44 They of New Plymmouth relate an Indian nation of man-eaters called Monhaccke. 1710 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 571 Four Indian sachems, or kings of the 5 Indian nations, lately arrived here. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana 82 All these nations speak the Mobilian, which was formerly the court language amongst the Indian nations of Lower Louisiana. 1865 J. Pike Scout & Ranger (1932) 11 At Fort Smith we entered the Indian Nation. 1961 W. Brandon Indians 200/2 The British government secured permission from such intact Indian nations as the Iroquois, Cherokee, and Creeks, and expanded settlement once again. 1994 Harper's Mag. June 34/1 Illegally roaming the Indian Nations, hiding from the law, selling whiskey, stealing livestock. < as lemmas |
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