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单词 meherrin
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Meherrinn.adj.

Brit. /məˈhɛrɪn/, U.S. /məˈhɛr(ə)n/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, Meherrins.
Forms: 1600s Maharineck, 1600s Mayherring, 1600s Menheyrick, 1600s–1700s Meherin, 1700s Maharim, 1700s Maherin, 1700s Maherine, 1700s Maherring, 1700s Meherring, 1700s Meherron, 1700s Menherring, 1700s– Meherrin, 1800s Meherry.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown; the variant suffixes -eck and -ick suggest borrowing from an Algonquian language.
Now historical.
A. n.
A member of a (former) North American Indian people formerly living alongside the Meherrin River in south-eastern Virginia.The Meherrin were probably speakers of an Iroquoian language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Iroquois peoples
Mangoak1589
Iroquois1609
Susquehannock1612
Huron1648
Mingo1648
Meherrin1650
Iroquoian1687
Conestoga1699
Wyandot1748
neutral1854
1650 E. Bland et al. Jrnl. 30 Aug. in Discov. New Brittaine (1651) 6 One of the Maharinecks told us [sc. the Indian] was the Werrowance of Hocomawananck River.
1687 Minute 29 Apr. in Exec. Jrnls. Council Virginia (1925) i. 83 The Nation of Indians Called ye Meherins hath Deserted their former place of Residence..and hath lately Seated themselves on the North Side of the Blackwater.
1787 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xi. 168 The Meherrins and Tuteloes on Meherrin river, who were connected with the Indians of Carolina, probably with the Chowanocs.
1855 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. V. 36 The Nottoways, together with the Tuteloes or Meherries, were Monacans—who were of the generic language of the Iroquois.
1926 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 6 12 Gooch had to..communicate with the governor of North Carolina concerning the difficulties between the Meherrins and the Saponies.
1978 William & Mary Q. 35 456 Early settlers tended to refer to various Indian groups by the names of nearby places or rivers, for example, the ‘Meherrins’, or the ‘Nottoways’.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating the Meherrin.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Iroquois peoples
Mingo1661
Iroquois1666
Susquehannock1666
Seneca1684
Iroquoian1697
Meherrin1709
Huron1712
Onondaga1715
Mohawk1751
Oneida1760
Wyandot1780
1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 234 The several Nations of Indians that are our Neighbors... Maherring Indians, Town 1, Maherring River, Fighting Men 50 [etc.].
1728 W. Byrd Hist. Dividing Line (1929) 106 In this Camp 3 of the Meherin Indians made us a Visit.
1869 Appletons' Jrnl. 25 Sept. 175/2 Spotswood..was joined there by the rest of the party, two small companies of rangers, and four Meherrin Indians.
1989 Jrnl. Middle Atlantic Archaeol. 5 125 It had been occupied in late prehistoric times by the Meherrin Indians.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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