calumet

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkæljʊmɛt/
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/ˈkæljʊmɛt/ · /ˌkæljʊˈmɛt/

Definition of calumet

14 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
    “THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.”
    “When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.”
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noun

  1. A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
    “THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.”
    “When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.”

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Etymology

From a Norman variant of Old French chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

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