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Choctaw

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Choc·taw  (chktô)
n. pl. Choctaw or Choc·taws
1.
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting central and southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama, with present-day populations in Mississippi and southeast Oklahoma. The Choctaw were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Muskogean language of the Choctaw.
[Choctaw Chahta.]
choctaw [ˈtʃɒktɔː]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Ice Skating) Skating a turn from the inside edge of one skate to the outside edge of the other or vice versa
[after Choctaw]
Choctaw [ˈtʃɒktɔː]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -taws, -taw a member of a North American Indian people of Alabama
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Muskogean family
[from Choctaw Chahta]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ChoctawChoctaw - a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
Muskhogean, Muskogean - a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
2.Choctaw - the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw
Chahta
Muskhogean language, Muskogean language, Muskhogean, Muskogean - a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States


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I spoke in the purest German, but I might as well have spoken in the purest Choctaw for all the good it did.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
There chanced to be on board this boat, in addition to the usual dreary crowd of passengers, one Pitchlynn, a chief of the Choctaw tribe of Indians, who SENT IN HIS CARD to me, and with whom I had the pleasure of a long conversation.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
Adee, one of the first agents; "for no matter how plainly a man talked into his telephone, his language was apt to sound like Choctaw at the other end of the line.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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