Cheremis
noun
Cher·e·mis
variants or Cheremiss
¦cherə¦mis,
-mēs
plural Cheremis or Cheremises or Cheremiss or Cheremisses
1
: one of a Finnish people of eastern Russia that are farmers and forest dwellers in the Mari and Bashkir republics of the U.S.S.R.
called also Mari
2
: the Finno-Ugric language of the Cheremis people
Word History
Etymology
Russian Cheremis, from Old Russian Čermisy, probably from Chuvash Śarmîś