Calumet

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

From a Norman French variant of chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from Latin calamellus, diminuitive of calamus ‘reed’, from the Greek καλαμος.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'kæljʊmɛt/

Noun

calumet

1. a clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace

   • 1922: THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself. — James Joyce, Ulysses

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