Osage
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
the Siouan language of the Osage.
a river flowing E from E Kansas to the Missouri River in central Missouri. 500 miles (800 km) long.
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How to use Osage in a sentence
We reached the village of the Little Osages after a fatiguing and laborious march of six days across an arid prairie.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesWe here were again halted, and the few Osages who accompanied us were ordered in front 543 and seated in rank entire.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesThis was called the horse-smoke, as each person who took the pipe from the chief intended to present the Osages a horse.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesOn this stream the Grand and Little Osages form their temporary fall hunting-camps, and take their peltries.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesThe articles and money taken from him by the Osages were the property of the deceased major.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott Coues
British Dictionary definitions for Osage
/ (əʊˈseɪdʒ, ˈəʊseɪdʒ) /
plural Osages or Osage a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in an area between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers
the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
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