| athapaskan | (n) 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. Athapascan, Athabascan, Athabaskan |
| athapaskan | (n) a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir), Syn. Athapascan, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan language |