a member of a confederation of native North American peoples formerly living in the region east of Lake Huron and now settled mainly in Oklahoma and Quebec 休伦人(北美印第安人邦联成员,原住在休伦湖东部地区,现主要居住在俄克拉何马州和魁北克)
[mass noun]the extinct Iroquoian language of any of these peoples (已绝迹的)休伦语
adjective
of or relating to these peoples or their language (与)休伦人(有关)的;(与)休伦语(有关)的
语源
French, literally 'having hair standing in bristles on the head', from Old French hure 'head of a wild boar', of unknown ultimate origin