Definition of Huron

1. Noun. The 2nd largest of the Great Lakes.

Exact synonyms: Lake Huron
Group relationships: Great Lakes
Generic synonyms: Lake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Huron

Huntington chorea
Huntington disease
Hunts
Huntsville
Huocheng
Huoerguosi
Huon pine
Hupa
Hurghada
Hurler
Hurler's disease
Hurler's syndrome
Hurler-Scheie syndrome
Hurler syndrome
Hurok
Huron (current term)
Huronian
Hurrian
Hurrians
Hurricane
Hurst bougies
Hurthle cell
Hurthle cell adenoma
Hurthle cell carcinoma
Hurthle cell tumour
Hus
Husain
Husayn
Huschke's auditory teeth
Huschke's cartilages

Literary usage of Huron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Jesuits, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1901)
"André, Huron convert: pious death, 43, 237-241. André, Iroquois child: baptized, 53, 199. André, Montagnais child: baptism and death, 8, 251-253; burial, ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"By the ancient Huron custom, when a man or a family wanted a house, ... At the sides were placed two wide platforms, after the Huron fashion, four feet from ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Strongly corroborating this contention is the fact, to which reference has already been made, of the finding in I860 of fragments of Huron-Iroquois pottery ..."

4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"The twenty-first annual fair of the Huron County Agricultural Society was held on the new fair grounds, at Norwalk, on September 28, 29, 30, and October 1, ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"It is admitted by the pleadings in this case that, after the breaking of the shaft on Lake Huron, the tug was towed to Port Huron, and also to Detroit, ..."

6. Francis Parkman's Works by Francis Parkman (1906)
"By the ancient Huron custom, when a man or a family wanted a house, ... The house was constructed after the Huron model.1 It was thirty- 1 See Introduction, ..."

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