Word Meanings - BLACKFOOT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. -- n.

INDIANEER
An Indiaman.
BLACKFOOT
Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. -- n.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
INDIAN
river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars;
BLACKFEET
A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.
EAST INDIAN
Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. -- n.
WEST INDIAN
A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies.
WEST INDIA; WEST INDIAN
Belonging or relating to the West Indies. West India tea , a shrubby plant having oblanceolate toothed leaves which are sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach