Chickahominy

[ chik-uh-hom-uh-nee ]

noun

, plural Chick·a·hom·i·nies, (especially collectively) Chick·a·hom·i·ny.

1. a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.

Example Sentences

The Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Rappahannock, Upper Mattaponi, Monacan and Nansemond tribes received about $19 million to address immediate needs, such as PPE, broadband Internet and unemployment assistance for about 5,000 tribal citizens.

From Washington Post

Our brigade, as yet, in the swamps of the Chickahominy, was almost daily employed in skirmishes with the enemy's cavalry.

From Project Gutenberg

McClellan advanced to the Chickahominy and strongly fortified his position.

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The Chickahominy had swollen to such a height that bridges were carried away in its mad rush.

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This necessitated that Hancock's line should extend to Bottom's bridge on the Chickahominy.

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The carpet bagger when not fighting the pestiferous vermin in the Chickahominy swamps was pilfering.

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