Cree
noun
ˈkrē 
1
plural Cree or Crees : a member of an Algonquian-speaking First Nations people of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan
2
: the Algonquian language of the Cree people
Word History
Etymology
Canadian French Cris, plural, short for Cristinaux, from Ojibwa dialect kirištino·, singular, member of a band living south of James Bay
First Known Use
1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- off one's rocker
- off one's trolley
- off pitch
- off plumb
- off premises
- off schedule
- off sick
- off soundings
- off stump
- off target
- off the air
- off the bat
- off the beaten path
- off the beaten track
- off the boil
- off the bone
- off the books
- off the cuff
- off the dole
- off the drawing board
- off the grid
- off the ground
- off the handle
- off the hook
- off the mark