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Definition of: Iroquois
(ir′ə·kwoi, -kwoiz) noun plural ·quois
1. A member of any of the powerful North American Indian tribes comprising the confederacy known as the Five Nations. See FIVE NATIONS.
2. A member of any tribe belonging to the Iroquoian linguistic stock. [<F <Algonquian Irinakoiw, lit., real adders]
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