nounWord forms: plural-cans or esp collectively -can
1.
a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley
2.
a member of this tribe or confederacy
Also: Mohican
Word origin
[1605–15; ‹ the Mahican name for themselves: lit., person (people) of the tidal estuary(c. Munsee Delaware ma⋅hí⋅kan; cf. -a⋅hi⋅kan in kihta⋅hí⋅kan ocean, with kiht- great)]