tillicum

noun

til·​li·​cum

ˈtilə̇kəm

plural -s

1

Northwest : person, friend

2

Northwest : people

especially : the common people of an American Indian tribe as distinguished from the chiefs

Word History

Etymology

Chinook jargon, from Chinook tlxam people

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