/ir"euh kwoy', -kwoyz'/ , n. , pl. Iroquois , adj.
n.
1. a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
adj.
2. belonging or relating to the Iroquois or their tribes.
[ 1660-70, Amer.; ]