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Caddo
[ kad-oh ]
noun
, plural Cad·dos, (especially collectively) Cad·do
- a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.
- the Caddoan language of the Caddo.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Caddo1
From the Caddo word kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band
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Example Sentences
The Caddo tribes were cultivators of the soil as well as hunters, and practised the arts of pottery-making and tanning.
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The Caddo and Comanche had epithets for this tribe, that signified "dog-eaters."
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I hold, however, that some Caddo forms of speech must be indigenous.
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In the parish of Caddo during the month of October, 1868, over forty colored people were killed.
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Derivation: From the Caddo term ka-ede, signifying chief (Gatschet).
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