"Lumbee" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Uncertain. Said to be first attested in reference to the tribe in 1914. Supposed by some to be of Siouan origin. Thought by others to have been coined by Turkey Tayac as a combination of Lumber (“a river that flows through the tribe's lands”) and Piscataway bee (“bend”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{uder|en|sio|-}} Siouan, {{m|en|Lumber||a river that flows through the tribe's lands}} Lumber (“a river that flows through the tribe's lands”), {{uder|en|psy|bee||bend}} Piscataway bee (“bend”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lumbee
  1. The dialect (of English) spoken by the Lumbee people.
    Sense id: en-Lumbee-en-name-uKeS7jWj

Noun

Forms: Lumbees [plural], Lumbee [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Said to be first attested in reference to the tribe in 1914. Supposed by some to be of Siouan origin. Thought by others to have been coined by Turkey Tayac as a combination of Lumber (“a river that flows through the tribe's lands”) and Piscataway bee (“bend”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{uder|en|sio|-}} Siouan, {{m|en|Lumber||a river that flows through the tribe's lands}} Lumber (“a river that flows through the tribe's lands”), {{uder|en|psy|bee||bend}} Piscataway bee (“bend”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Lumbee}} Lumbee (plural Lumbees or Lumbee)
  1. A member of a certain Native American tribe or group of North Carolina. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Lumbee-en-noun-4Kjol91P Disambiguation of Languages: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 65

Inflected forms

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