释义 |
nan·ti·coke \ˈnantəˌkōk\ noun (plural nanticoke or nanticokes) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Nanticoke Naitaquok, literally, tidewater people 1. a. : an Indian people of eastern Maryland and southern Delaware b. : a member of such people 2. : an Alonquian language of the Nanticoke and Conoy peoples 3. : one of a group of people of mixed Indian, white, Negro ancestry in southern Delaware |