athabaskan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
    Athabascan; Athapaskan; Athapascan.
  2. noun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
    Athapaskan language; Athabascan; Athapaskan; Athapascan.

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