[Ath.a.bas.can] or Ath.a.pas.kan also Ath.a.bas.kan or Ath.a.pas.can n [Athabasca, a Cree band] (1846) 1: a family of American Indian languages spoken primarily in western Canada, Alaska, and the U.S. Southwest
2: a member of a people speaking an Athabascan language