Shawnee2Pronunciation: /ʃɔːˈniː/Definition of Shawnee noun (plural same or Shawnees) 1a member of an American Indian people living formerly in the eastern US and now chiefly in Oklahoma. 2 [mass noun] the Algonquian language of the Shawnee, now with few speakers. adjective relating to the Shawnee or their language. Origin:the name in DelawareShawnee in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Shawnee in the US English dictionary