ute

¹

[ yoot ]

noun

1. Informal. a utility vehicle.

Ute

²

[ yoot ]

noun

, plural Utes, (especially collectively) Ute.

1. a member of an American Indian people of Utah and W Colorado.
2. a dialect or group of dialects of the Uto-Aztecan language shared by the Utes and Southern Paiutes.

Ute

¹

/ ˈjuːtɪ; juːt /

noun

1. UtesUte a member of a North American Indian people of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, related to the Aztecs
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

ute

²

/ juːt /

noun

1. See utility
   informal.
   short for utility

Word History and Origins

Origin of ute¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park allows guests to explore infrequently visited canyons in southwestern Colorado, so long as they are accompanied by a Ute guide.

From Outside Online

If people don’t know who the Ute people are, for example, or that they’re still around, I always say it’s kind of in one ear and out the other.

From Outside Online

Land acknowledgment—stating the names of the Indigenous people who were the traditional stewards of a section of land—might look something like, “I’m calling from Moab, Utah, traditional homelands of the Ute people.”

From Outside Online

Ancestors of the Ute people had cherished the spring for its physical and spiritual healing.

From Washington Post

Soon after, while journeying on over an open plain, he once more heard the Ute on his trail.

From Project Gutenberg

Nu is riht enne we demen us seolf eauer unmihtie to werien to witen us oer ei god to halden wi ute godes helpe.

From Project Gutenberg

The post gets its water from the Ute Creek and water from this stream flows in a ditch completely around the parade.

From Project Gutenberg

A Ute who could speak Spanish accompanied it with the word blanco, as if recognizing that it required explanation.

From Project Gutenberg

They and their captain (Payne) you have heard more of in the Ute campaign.

From Project Gutenberg