Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting the St. John River valley in New Brunswick and northeast Maine. The Maliseet helped form the Abenaki confederacy in the mid-1700s.
- noun The Algonquian language of the Maliseet.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The first mission teacher among the Maliseet was the Jesuit
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Maliseet, meaning "A member of a North American Indian people of Quebec, New Brunswick, and Maine."
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American forms of the story, -- French-Canadian, Micmac, and Maliseet
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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Frightening robbers under tree (F5): Micmac, Maliseet, Wyandot, Ojibwa
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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In a Maliseet tale (Thompson, 340) the strong hero sets out on his travels with a giant cane that will hold fifty salted cattle.
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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Maliseet, which open with the obtaining of a gold-dropping horse from an old man because of kindness, the loss of it at an inn at the bands of a rascally landlord, and the recovery of the animal through the generous use of a magic cudgel.
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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He continued with it until 1794, going then to the neighbouring Etchimin (Maliseet).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Father, François Ciquard, to the Penobscot at Oldtown about 1785 For nearly ten years he ministered to them and the Passamaquoddy, when he was transferred to the Maliseet on the Saint John.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Except about 100 at Viger, P.Q., the Maliseet are all in New Brunswick, distributed upon small reserves, of which the most important is
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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They are in friendly touch with their neighbours, the Passamaquoddy band of the Maliseet.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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