Mississaugan.adj.

Brit.

/mɪsᵻˈsɔːɡə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsᵻˈsɔɡə/,

/ˌmɪsᵻˈsɑɡə/, Canadian English

/ˌmɪsᵻˈsɒɡə/

Inflections: unchanged, -s;

Forms: 1700s Massesague, 1700s Mesasagah, 1700s Messagues (plural), 1700s Messasagies (plural), 1700s Messasague, 1700s Messassaga, 1700s Messesague, 1700s Messisauger, 1700s Messissaga, 1700s Misissagaes (plural), 1700s Misissaque, 1700s Missaugee, 1700s Missequek, 1700s Missisagey, 1700s Missisago, 1700s Missisague, 1700s Missisaguez (plural), 1700s Missisakies (plural), 1700s Missisaque, 1700s Missisaquees (plural), 1700s Missisaquies (plural), 1700s Missisaquei, 1700s Missisauge, 1700s Mississagaes (plural), 1700s Mississague, 1700s Mississaque, 1700s Mussisakies (plural), 1700s–1800s Missisagies (plural), 1700s– Mississaga, 1800s Messasaugua, 1800s Messissauger, 1800s Missasago, 1800s Missassagua, 1800s Missisaga, 1800s Missisaugoes (plural), 1800s Mississaugah, 1800s– Missasauga, 1800s– Mississagua, 1800s– Mississauga, 1900s– Missasagua, 1900s– Missisagua, 1900s– Missisauga, 1900s– Missisaugi, 1900s– Mississaugies (plural). Also with lower-case initial in sense A. 2.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Mississague.

Etymology: < French Mississague (1670–1; earlier as Oumisagai , plural (1640) and Michisaguek , plural (1648); later as Missisague (1703 in the passage translated in quot. 1703 at sense A. 1)) < Ojibwa misiza:gi: , lit. ‘inhabitant of the large river outlet’ (referring to the Mississagi River draining into Lake Huron, Ontario, where the group was first encountered). With sense A. 2 of the noun compare massasauga n.The French established a mission on the Mississagi (French Mississagué) in 1670–1. Some of the early forms, and the variation in the third and fourth vowels, suggest attempts to represent the Ojibwa sounds directly. In later use probably remodelled after Mississauga, the name of a town in southern Ontario, where the people eventually settled.

A. n.

1. A member of an Algonquian (southern Ojibwa) people now living in southern Ontario.The Mississauga became the seventh nation of the Iroquois League in 1746.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Algonquians of Great Lakes

Ottawac1665

Potawatomi1698

Ojibwa1700

Mississauga1703

Menominee1722

Meskwaki1741

Chippewa1754

1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. xxv. 230 A list of the savage nations of Canada... The Missisagues.

1772 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS App. x. 85 in Parl. Papers 1895 (C. 7883) LIX. 1 The Chippawaes and Mississagaes are by far the most numerous and powerful nation with whom we have any connection in North America.

1798 B. S. Barton New Views Origin Tribes & Nations Amer. (ed. 2) App. 4 The Messisaugers, or Messasagues. The language of these Indians is, undoubtedly, very nearly allied to that of the Chippewas.

1838 A. Jameson Winter Stud. & Summer Rambles Canada I. 296 The scene of bloody conflicts between the Hurons and the Missassaguas.

1888 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 1 152 These are the most advanced in civilization of the Mississaguas.

1948 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. Spring 100 These people, particularly the Missasaugas, seem to have occupied the southern end of the Park a century ago.

1960 D. Jenness Indians of Canada (ed. 5) iv. 40 The cultivation of maize had spread..to some adjacent Algonkian tribes,..the Missisauga on the north shore of lake Huron.

1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart vi. 354 Here were the Chippewas..and their subtribe, the Missisaugi, under old Sekahos.

2002 Canad. Geographic May 68/2 The Iroquois fished the creek for trout and salmon, as did the Mississauga, who built an encampment on its bank.

2. Also Mississauga rattler. = massasauga n. rare.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > member of genus Sistrurus

rattlesnake1624

cascabel1758

prairie rattlesnake1817

rattler1827

massasauga1835

Mississauga rattler1843

mangrove cascabel1858

sidewiper1873

prairie rattler1878

ground rattler1908

1843 W. Oliver Eight Months Illinois 150 The inhabitants recognize two kinds of rattlesnakes, to wit, the wood- and the prairie-rattlesnake, or mississauga, of which the latter is much the smaller and less dangerous.

1961 Listener 16 Nov. 826/1 A mississaga rattler I once knifed.

B. adj.

Designating the Mississauga people. Now also: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mississauga.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Algonquians of Great Lakes

Ottawa1687

Mississauga1749

Chippewa1764

Meskwaki1816

Menominee1823

1749 G. Clinton Let. 3 June in E. B. O'Callaghan Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. (1855) VI. 486 To meet the Misissaque Indians at Oswego.

1822 J. Morse Rep. Secretary of War on Indian Affairs 60 Embracing the country of the Messasaugua Indians.

1831 A. S. Withers Chron. Border Warfare 299 Their force consisted of four thousand warriors, and was led on by a Missasago chief.

1852 S. Moodie Roughing it in Bush II. ii. 27 The Chippewa or Missasagua Indians, perhaps the least attractive of all these wild people, both with regard to their physical and mental endowments.

1888 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 1 151 (heading) Notes on the history, customs, and beliefs of the Mississagua Indians.

1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 87 In 1788 the Toronto site was bought from the Mississauga Indians for the paltry sum of 150 barrels of blankets, cloth, axes and assorted kickshaws.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mississauga
释义	Mississaugan.adj. Brit. /mɪsᵻˈsɔːɡə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsᵻˈsɔɡə/, /ˌmɪsᵻˈsɑɡə/, Canadian English /ˌmɪsᵻˈsɒɡə/ Inflections: unchanged, -s; Forms: 1700s Massesague, 1700s Mesasagah, 1700s Messagues (plural), 1700s Messasagies (plural), 1700s Messasague, 1700s Messassaga, 1700s Messesague, 1700s Messisauger, 1700s Messissaga, 1700s Misissagaes (plural), 1700s Misissaque, 1700s Missaugee, 1700s Missequek, 1700s Missisagey, 1700s Missisago, 1700s Missisague, 1700s Missisaguez (plural), 1700s Missisakies (plural), 1700s Missisaque, 1700s Missisaquees (plural), 1700s Missisaquies (plural), 1700s Missisaquei, 1700s Missisauge, 1700s Mississagaes (plural), 1700s Mississague, 1700s Mississaque, 1700s Mussisakies (plural), 1700s–1800s Missisagies (plural), 1700s– Mississaga, 1800s Messasaugua, 1800s Messissauger, 1800s Missasago, 1800s Missassagua, 1800s Missisaga, 1800s Missisaugoes (plural), 1800s Mississaugah, 1800s– Missasauga, 1800s– Mississagua, 1800s– Mississauga, 1900s– Missasagua, 1900s– Missisagua, 1900s– Missisauga, 1900s– Missisaugi, 1900s– Mississaugies (plural). Also with lower-case initial in sense A. 2. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Mississague. Etymology: < French Mississague (1670–1; earlier as Oumisagai , plural (1640) and Michisaguek , plural (1648); later as Missisague (1703 in the passage translated in quot. 1703 at sense A. 1)) < Ojibwa misiza:gi: , lit. ‘inhabitant of the large river outlet’ (referring to the Mississagi River draining into Lake Huron, Ontario, where the group was first encountered). With sense A. 2 of the noun compare massasauga n.The French established a mission on the Mississagi (French Mississagué) in 1670–1. Some of the early forms, and the variation in the third and fourth vowels, suggest attempts to represent the Ojibwa sounds directly. In later use probably remodelled after Mississauga, the name of a town in southern Ontario, where the people eventually settled. A. n. 1. A member of an Algonquian (southern Ojibwa) people now living in southern Ontario.The Mississauga became the seventh nation of the Iroquois League in 1746. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Algonquians of Great Lakes Ottawac1665 Potawatomi1698 Ojibwa1700 Mississauga1703 Menominee1722 Meskwaki1741 Chippewa1754 1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. xxv. 230 A list of the savage nations of Canada... The Missisagues. 1772 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS App. x. 85 in Parl. Papers 1895 (C. 7883) LIX. 1 The Chippawaes and Mississagaes are by far the most numerous and powerful nation with whom we have any connection in North America. 1798 B. S. Barton New Views Origin Tribes & Nations Amer. (ed. 2) App. 4 The Messisaugers, or Messasagues. The language of these Indians is, undoubtedly, very nearly allied to that of the Chippewas. 1838 A. Jameson Winter Stud. & Summer Rambles Canada I. 296 The scene of bloody conflicts between the Hurons and the Missassaguas. 1888 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 1 152 These are the most advanced in civilization of the Mississaguas. 1948 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. Spring 100 These people, particularly the Missasaugas, seem to have occupied the southern end of the Park a century ago. 1960 D. Jenness Indians of Canada (ed. 5) iv. 40 The cultivation of maize had spread..to some adjacent Algonkian tribes,..the Missisauga on the north shore of lake Huron. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart vi. 354 Here were the Chippewas..and their subtribe, the Missisaugi, under old Sekahos. 2002 Canad. Geographic May 68/2 The Iroquois fished the creek for trout and salmon, as did the Mississauga, who built an encampment on its bank. 2. Also Mississauga rattler. = massasauga n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > member of genus Sistrurus rattlesnake1624 cascabel1758 prairie rattlesnake1817 rattler1827 massasauga1835 Mississauga rattler1843 mangrove cascabel1858 sidewiper1873 prairie rattler1878 ground rattler1908 1843 W. Oliver Eight Months Illinois 150 The inhabitants recognize two kinds of rattlesnakes, to wit, the wood- and the prairie-rattlesnake, or mississauga, of which the latter is much the smaller and less dangerous. 1961 Listener 16 Nov. 826/1 A mississaga rattler I once knifed. B. adj. Designating the Mississauga people. Now also: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mississauga. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Algonquians of Great Lakes Ottawa1687 Mississauga1749 Chippewa1764 Meskwaki1816 Menominee1823 1749 G. Clinton Let. 3 June in E. B. O'Callaghan Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. (1855) VI. 486 To meet the Misissaque Indians at Oswego. 1822 J. Morse Rep. Secretary of War on Indian Affairs 60 Embracing the country of the Messasaugua Indians. 1831 A. S. Withers Chron. Border Warfare 299 Their force consisted of four thousand warriors, and was led on by a Missasago chief. 1852 S. Moodie Roughing it in Bush II. ii. 27 The Chippewa or Missasagua Indians, perhaps the least attractive of all these wild people, both with regard to their physical and mental endowments. 1888 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 1 151 (heading) Notes on the history, customs, and beliefs of the Mississagua Indians. 1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 87 In 1788 the Toronto site was bought from the Mississauga Indians for the paltry sum of 150 barrels of blankets, cloth, axes and assorted kickshaws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1703
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