blackfoot
/ˈblæk.fʊt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.45 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of a North American confederacy of several tribes.
name
The Algonquian language of these people.
name
A city, the county seat of Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
Example Sentences
- ""This is how - they brought me home - after a fight with the Blackfeet.""
- "Bears and other ferocious beasts resented man's intrusion into their domain; so, too, did the Blackfoot Indians and other tribes, whose savage hostility was a constant menace to the lives of the toiling engineers."
- "Meanwhile, its original inhabitants were kept out by dint of force, their earlier uses of the land redefined as inappropriate or even illegal. To this day, for instance, the Blackfeet continue to be accused of “poaching” on the lands of Glacier National Park that originally belonged to them and that were ceded by treaty only with the proviso that they be permitted to hunt there."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈblæk.fʊt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
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