Crow

See also: crow

English

Etymology 1

From French gens de corbeaux, calque of Dakota apsáaloke (“crow people”). Compare Crow Apsáalooke.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krō, IPA^(key): /kɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: cro, crow

Noun

Crow (plural Crows or Crow)

1. A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

   Synonyms: Crow Indian, Absaroka, Absáalooke, Apsáalooke

   • 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 171:

     He became a captive of a small raiding party of Crow Indians.

Translations

Translations

• Blackfoot: Issapó
• Crow: Apsáalooke
• German: Krähenindianer (de) m
• Hidatsa: gixaaʔiccá

Proper noun

Crow

1. (linguistics) The Siouan language of this tribe.

   Synonym: (obsolete) Absaroki

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Crow, cro ⁠
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Crow”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

• From Middle English Crowe, as an Old English surname, related to crow.
• As an Irish surname, from mac Conchradha. See McEnroe.
• Also as an Irish surname, calque of Irish fiach (“crow, raven”) (see also Fee).

Proper noun

Crow

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Crow-Fukase syndrome

Anagrams

• Worc