Blackfeetn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈblakfiːt/, U.S.

/ˈblækˌfit/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Blackfeets.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexlcal item. Etymons: black adj., English feet , foot n.; English Blackfeet , Blackfoot n.

Etymology: Partly (originally) < black adj. + feet, plural of foot n. (after the foreign-language models cited at Blackfoot n.), and partly (in later use) < Blackfeet, plural of Blackfoot n.; now usually distinguished in form and reinterpreted as singular in the senses below. With use as adjective compare slightly earlier Blackfoot adj.

A. n.

A member of the Blackfeet, a North American Indian people of Montana (United States), a part of the Blackfoot confederacy. See Blackfoot n.

ΚΠ

1786 in F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians (1910) II. 571 Blackfeet.

1832 Public Documents U.S. Senate (22nd Congress, 1st Sess.) II. No. 90. 28 The Blackfeet are the most dangerous, warlike, and formidable. They go in larger bodies than other Indians.

1877 Friends Rev. 10 Nov. 205/1 In treating with the Blackfeets, their prior right to the land bargained for is clearly recognized.

1911 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. July 533 The Blackfeets are rapidly disappearing, and the remnant is becoming civilized and forgetting the life and traditions of their fathers.

1990 Kainai News (Stand Off, Alberta) 29 Mar. 4 Woody Kipp is a Southern Peigan (Blackfeet from Browning, Montana).

2004 M. J. Lupton James Welch i. 3 His mother was a member of the Gros Ventre tribe and his father was a Blackfeet.

B. adj.

Of or relating to this people.

ΚΠ

1794 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1810) 1st Ser. III. 24 The tribes of Indians which he passed through, were called the Maskego tribe, Shepeweyan, Cithinistinee, Great Belly Indians, Beaver Indians, Blood Indians, the Blackfeet tribe, the Snake Indians, Ossnobians, Shiveytoon tribe, Mandon tribe, Paunees, and several others.

1837 N.Y. Mirror 1 July 7/3 Having cut loose as many horses as they could conveniently carry off, the Blackfeet scouts rejoined their comrades.

1858 W. T. Hamilton in Contrib. Hist. Soc. Montana (1900) III. 76 They evidently were on their way back to the Blackfeet village when they discovered us.

1962 Listener 26 Apr. 721/2 He was captured by Blackfeet Indians.

1984 Kainai News (Stand Off, Alberta) July 1 Cattle distribution given to Blackfoot Tribe [of Alberta]... Voting members of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana in June turned out eight of nine sitting on the Tribe's..Council.

2004 J. Bowen Census of Blackfeet Introd. It is believed that the Blackfeet people migrated westward more than three centuries ago from the Great Lakes region.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blackfeet
释义	Blackfeetn.adj. Brit. /ˈblakfiːt/, U.S. /ˈblækˌfit/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Blackfeets. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexlcal item. Etymons: black adj., English feet , foot n.; English Blackfeet , Blackfoot n. Etymology: Partly (originally) < black adj. + feet, plural of foot n. (after the foreign-language models cited at Blackfoot n.), and partly (in later use) < Blackfeet, plural of Blackfoot n.; now usually distinguished in form and reinterpreted as singular in the senses below. With use as adjective compare slightly earlier Blackfoot adj. A. n. A member of the Blackfeet, a North American Indian people of Montana (United States), a part of the Blackfoot confederacy. See Blackfoot n. ΚΠ 1786 in F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians (1910) II. 571 Blackfeet. 1832 Public Documents U.S. Senate (22nd Congress, 1st Sess.) II. No. 90. 28 The Blackfeet are the most dangerous, warlike, and formidable. They go in larger bodies than other Indians. 1877 Friends Rev. 10 Nov. 205/1 In treating with the Blackfeets, their prior right to the land bargained for is clearly recognized. 1911 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. July 533 The Blackfeets are rapidly disappearing, and the remnant is becoming civilized and forgetting the life and traditions of their fathers. 1990 Kainai News (Stand Off, Alberta) 29 Mar. 4 Woody Kipp is a Southern Peigan (Blackfeet from Browning, Montana). 2004 M. J. Lupton James Welch i. 3 His mother was a member of the Gros Ventre tribe and his father was a Blackfeet. B. adj. Of or relating to this people. ΚΠ 1794 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1810) 1st Ser. III. 24 The tribes of Indians which he passed through, were called the Maskego tribe, Shepeweyan, Cithinistinee, Great Belly Indians, Beaver Indians, Blood Indians, the Blackfeet tribe, the Snake Indians, Ossnobians, Shiveytoon tribe, Mandon tribe, Paunees, and several others. 1837 N.Y. Mirror 1 July 7/3 Having cut loose as many horses as they could conveniently carry off, the Blackfeet scouts rejoined their comrades. 1858 W. T. Hamilton in Contrib. Hist. Soc. Montana (1900) III. 76 They evidently were on their way back to the Blackfeet village when they discovered us. 1962 Listener 26 Apr. 721/2 He was captured by Blackfeet Indians. 1984 Kainai News (Stand Off, Alberta) July 1 Cattle distribution given to Blackfoot Tribe [of Alberta]... Voting members of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana in June turned out eight of nine sitting on the Tribe's..Council. 2004 J. Bowen Census of Blackfeet Introd. It is believed that the Blackfeet people migrated westward more than three centuries ago from the Great Lakes region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1786
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