Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formed of groups displaced by the destruction of the Huron confederacy in the mid-1600s, formerly located in Ohio and the upper Midwest and now living primarily in northeast Oklahoma.
- noun The Iroquoian language of the Wyandot.
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- proper noun A
Native American people, formed from the Huronconfederacy , that lived in and aroundOhio . - proper noun The
Iroquoian language of this people. - noun A member of this people.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hum – why, it's up in Wyandot County – some five or six miles from the Montepoole Spring – what's this they call it?
Queechy 1854
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When Lewis Wetzel was 13 years old, he and his younger brother Jakob were captured by Wyandot raiders.
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At the Wyandot village of Muskingum, he met Croghan, sent by the governor of Pennsylvania to treat with the western Indians.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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At the Wyandot village of Muskingum, he met Croghan, sent by the governor of Pennsylvania to treat with the western Indians.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The Wyandot Solar farm, a utility-sponsored project near Upper Sandusky, covers about 80 acres and is designed to produce more than 10 megawatts of electricity.
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At the Wyandot village of Muskingum, he met Croghan, sent by the governor of Pennsylvania to treat with the western Indians.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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At the Wyandot village of Muskingum, he met Croghan, sent by the governor of Pennsylvania to treat with the western Indians.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The Wyandot Solar farm, a utility-sponsored project near Upper Sandusky, covers about 80 acres and is designed to produce more than 10 megawatts of electricity.
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The Wyandot Solar farm, a utility-sponsored project near Upper Sandusky, covers about 80 acres and is designed to produce more than 10 megawatts of electricity.
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A local store that sells both fire water and the favorite meat of the Wyandot Indians.
Buying meat and booze in Cincinnati. Ann Althouse 2009
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