Chickasaw

[ chik-uh-saw ]

noun

, plural Chick·a·saws, (especially collectively) Chick·a·saw.

1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians, formerly in northern Mississippi, now in Oklahoma.
2. the Muskogean language of the Chickasaw.

Chickasaw

/ ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː /

noun

1. -saws-saw a member of a Native American people of N Mississippi
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Muskogean family and closely related to Choctaw

Example Sentences

Four days later they dropped anchor at Chickasaw Bluffs, now the city of Memphis.

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His death occurred during the Chickasaw campaign ; while leading the Miami contingent he was captured and burned at the stake.

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An old Chickasaw chief taught me when I was a boy in the bayou country.

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He had to countermarch and use the steamboats in the Yazoo to get on the firm ground on our side of the Chickasaw.

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It is probable that the first refugees were from Carolina and were joined later by others from the Creeks and the Chickasaw.

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