Sarcee

noun

Sar·​cee

variants or less commonly Sarsee or Sarci or Sarsi

ˈsärsē

plural Sarcee or Sarcees

1

a

: an Athapaskan people of the upper Saskatchewan and Athabaska river valleys in Alberta, Canada

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Sarcee people

Word History

Etymology

probably from Blackfoot (Siksika) sa arsi not good

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