Choctaw

 
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɒktɔː/

noun (plural or Choctaws)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people now living mainly in Mississippi.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Muskogean language of the Choctaw, closely related to Chickasaw and now almost extinct.
  • 3(in skating) a step from one edge of a skate to the other edge of the other skate in the opposite direction.

adjective

  • relating to the Choctaw or their language.

Origin:

from Choctaw čahta