Iroquois
WordNet
noun
(1) A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
(2) 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
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- A confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. Also known as the Iroquois League.
- A person belonging to one of these tribes.
- Any of the languages of the Iroquois, belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.
- A kind of hairdo, where both sides of the head are shaved leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle.