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Chickasaw

Syllabification: (Chick·a·saw)
Pronunciation: /ˈCHikəˌsô/
Definition of Chickasaw

noun (plural same or Chickasaws)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people formerly resident in Mississippi and Alabama, and now in Oklahoma.
  • 2the Muskogean language of the Chickasaw.

adjective

  • relating to the Chickasaw or their language.

Origin:

the name in Chickasaw

Chickasaw in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Chickasaw in the British & World English dictionary
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