a member of a Native American people formerly living south of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
Word origin
C19: from Dutch Sennecaas (plural), probably of Algonquian origin
Seneca in British English2
(ˈsɛnɪkə)
noun
1.
Lucius Annaeus (ˈluːsɪəs əˈniːəs), called the Younger. ?4 bc–65 ad, Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist; tutor and adviser to Nero. He was implicated in a plot to murder Nero and died by suicide. His works include Stoical essays on ethical subjects and tragedies that had a considerable influence on Elizabethan drama
2.
his father, Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs) or Lucius Annaeus, called the Elder or the Rhetorician. ?55 bc–?39 ad, Roman writer on oratory and history
Seneca in American English1
(ˈsenɪkə)
nounWord forms: plural(for 1)-cas or esp collectively -ca
1.
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of Native Americans, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie
2.
an Iroquoian language of the Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga tribes
Derived forms
Senecan
adjective
Word origin
[‹ New York D Sennecaas, etc., orig. applied to the Oneida and, more generally, to all the Upper Iroquois(as opposed to the Mohawk), prob. ‹ an unattested Mahican name]
Seneca in American English2
(ˈsenɪkə)
noun
Lucius Annaeus (əˌniəs), c.4b.c.–a.d.65, Roman philosopher and writer of tragedies