a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
[ Syn: athapaskan , athapascan , athabaskan , athabascan , athapaskan language ]
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
[ Syn: athapaskan , athapascan , athabaskan , athabascan ]