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Definition of Malecite

1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New Brunswick.

2. Noun. The Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malecite

Malcolm Little Malcolm Lowry Malcolm X Malcolm stock Malcolmia Malcolmia maritima Maldivan Maldive Islands Maldives Maldivian

Maldivians Maldon Maldonado-San Jose stain Malebranche Malebranchism Malecite (current term) Malecot catheter Maler Maleseet Malevich

Malfunction Junction Malgaigne Malgaigne's amputation Malgaigne's fossa Malgaigne's hernia Malgaigne's luxation Malgaigne's triangle Malherbe's calcifying epithelioma Mali Mali franc

Literary usage of Malecite

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

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"[170(26)] Malecite (Passamaquoddy D.) 4479. SZABO, LASZLO, coll. Malecite stories; nd 6 reels ... Malecite stories; nd 3 reels of tape. Recording No. 102. ..."

2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"THE following Malecite tales furnish us with variants of some themes already known, and a few which are not represented in the material now in print from ..."

3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"... (Malecite), the name Abnaki being applied in the restricted sense to the Indians of Kennebec r. All these tribes spoke substantially the same language, ..."

4. Summary Report by Geological Survey of Canada (1912)
"In the two seasons I have visited all the Malecite villages. The character of the work may be ... Of these about twenty are Malecite and the rest Micmac. ..."

5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1917)
"Referring to the Malecite pipe, p. 59, fig. 3, Report 1915, also fig. 3, p. 4. Reprint 1915, Dr. Speck gives the additional information in a letter of 5th ..."

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