"tyee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tyees [plural]
Etymology: From Chinook. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|chh|-}} Chinook Head templates: {{en-noun}} tyee (plural tyees)
  1. A tribal chief of the Chinookan peoples in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
    Sense id: en-tyee-en-noun-Su1VZFa4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Salmonids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 5 1 5 83 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 1 5 82 6 Disambiguation of Salmonids: 92 8
  2. (Canada) A large chinook salmon that weighs more than 13.5 kg. Tags: Canada
    Sense id: en-tyee-en-noun-nIN-q0p4 Categories (other): Canadian English

Inflected forms

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