Osage

O·sage  (sj, -sj)

n. pl. Osage or O·sag·es

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting western Missouri and later southeast Kansas, with a present-day population in north-central Oklahoma. Substantial oil reserves were discovered on Osage lands in the early 20th century.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Siouan language of the Osage.

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[French, from Osage wazházhe, tribal name.]

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Osage adj.

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Osage [əʊˈseɪdʒ ˈəʊseɪdʒ]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl Osages, Osage a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in an area between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Osage - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century Dhegiha - any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages
	2.	Osage - a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River Osage River Missouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
	3.	Osage - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage Dhegiha - a branch of the Siouan languages