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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution;

2. a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois;
[syn: Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Iroquois \Ir`o*quois"\, n. sing. & pl. [F.] (Ethnol.)
   A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly
   inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five
   Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Iroquois
    n 1: any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples
         formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were
         allies of the British during the American Revolution
    2: a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the
       Iroquois [syn: Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language]