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Definition of Ojibway
1. Noun. A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior.
Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian
2. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa.
Definition of Ojibway
1. Noun. (archaic form of Ojibwe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ojibway
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ojibway
Literary usage of Ojibway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 by Henry Youle Hind (1860)
"ojibway Camp.—White-fish.—Character of Country.—Canoe Fleet.—Spruce. ... ojibway,
Sioux, Swampy, Cree, Blackfoot, and Crow. ..."
2. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1922)
"In the present work the villages of other members of the linguistic group will
be considered, including those of the ojibway and the related Cree, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1895)
"The que is a connective, and is written ke in ojibway ; nearly the same sound.
... The m in the end of the word signifies in ojibway that it is their ..."
4. A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor: With an Account of the Lead and Copper by George William Featherstonhaugh (1847)
"PLEASING STORY OF AN ojibway AND HIS CHILD. October 22.—This morning when I rose,
the thermometer was down to zero of Fahrenheit, the whole country covered ..."
5. American Primitive Music: With Especial Attention to the Songs of the Ojibways by Frederick Russell Burton (1909)
"Before the ojibway came in touch with civilization he had no conception of factory
... In some things, the manufacture of canoes, for example, the ojibway ..."
6. The Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada by Frederick H. Abbott (1915)
"ojibway OF LAKE SUPERIOR (ONTARIO). The Garden River band of ojibway, 438 in
number occupy a reserve of 2900 acres, beginning six miles east of the city of ..."
7. The History of Minnesota: From the Earliest French Explorations to the by Edward Duffield Neill (1858)
"They were led out to the plain in front of the gate of the fort, and when placed
nearly without the range of the ojibway guns, ..."
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