n.
Pronunciation: ' kr ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Cree or Crees
Etymology: Canadian French Cris, plural, short for Cristinaux, from Ojibwa dialect kiri š tino · , singular, member of a band living south of James Bay
Date: 1744
1 : a member of an American Indian people of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan
2 : the Algonquian language of the Cree people