Crow
Crow 7 BrE [krəʊ] NAmE [kroʊ] noun (pl. Crowor Crows) a member of a Native American people, many of whom live in the US state of Montana Word Origin: [Crow] suggested by French gens de corbeaux, translating Siouan apsáaloke ‘crow people’. Siouan is a family of North American Indian languages. Culture: The Crow were hunters and grew tobacco. They helped the US Army against the ↑Sioux people. Most Crows now live on a reservation (= land given and protected by the US government) in southern Montana.
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