Choctaw

Choc·taw

 (chŏk′tô)

n. pl. Choctaw or Choc·taws

1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting central and southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama. Present-day populations exist in Oklahoma, to which many of the Choctaw were removed in the 1830s, as well as in their former homelands.

2. The Muskogean language of the Choctaw.

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[Choctaw Chahta.]

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Choctaw

(ˈtʃɒktɔː)

npl -taws or -taw

1. (Peoples) a member of a Native American people of Alabama

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Muskogean family

[C18: from Choctaw Chahta]

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choctaw

(ˈtʃɒktɔː)

n

(Ice Skating) skating a turn from the inside edge of one skate to the outside edge of the other or vice versa

[C19: after Choctaw]

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Choc•taw

(ˈtʃɒk tɔ)

n., pl. -taws, (esp. collectively) -taw.

1. a member of an American Indian people orig. of central and S Mississippi, removed in large part to the Indian Territory in 1831–33.

2. a dialect of the Muskogean language shared by the Chickasaw and Choctaw.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Choctaw - 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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