Chickasaw

Chick·a·saw  (chk-sô)

n. pl. Chick·a·saw or Chick·a·saws

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama, now located in south-central Oklahoma. The Chickasaw were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Muskogean language of the Chickasaw.

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Chicka·saw adj.

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Chickasaw [ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -saws, -saw a member of a North American Indian people of N Mississippi

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Muskogean family and closely related to Choctaw

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Chickasaw - a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
	2.	Chickasaw - the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw Muskhogean language, Muskogean language, Muskhogean, Muskogean - a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States