Chip·e·wy·an (ch p  -w  n)n. pl. Chipewyan or Chip·e·wy·ans 1. a. A Native American people made up of numerous autonomous bands inhabiting a large area of northern Canada north of the Churchill River. Formerly nomadic caribou hunters, the Chipewyan became settled fur traders during the 18th century. b. A member of this people. 2. The Athabaskan language of the Chipewyan. [Cree  pway n, parka wearer : cpw-, pointed + ayn, skin.] |
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| Noun | 1. | Chipewyan - a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan - 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 |
| 2. | Chipewyan - the language spoken by the Chipewyan Athabascan, Athapaskan language, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) |
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