Montagnais
noun
Mon·ta·gnais
¦mäntən¦yā
plural Montagnais
-ā(z)
also Montagnaises -āz
1
: chipewyan
2
a
: an Indian people of northern Quebec, Canada
b
: a member of such people
3
: a dialect of Cree
Word History
Etymology
French, from montagne mountain, from Old French montaigne