Dogrib

noun

Dog·​rib

ˈdȯˌgrib sometimes ˈdäˌ-

plural Dogrib or Dogribs

1

a

: an Athapaskan people of the region between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake, Canada

b

: a member of such people

2

: a language of the Dogrib people

Word History

Etymology

translation of Déné Thlingchadinne

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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