Cherokee

American  

[cher-uh-kee, cher-uh-kee] / ˈtʃɛr əˌki, ˌtʃɛr əˈki /

noun

plural

Cherokees,

plural

Cherokee

1. a member of an important tribe of North American Indians whose first known center was in the southern Alleghenies and who presently live in North Carolina and Oklahoma.

2. the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, written since 1822 in a syllabic script invented for the language by Sequoya.

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Cherokee British  

/ ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː, ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː /

noun

1. a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

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Example Sentences

King said he grew up with a family story that his father's biological father - King's apparent paternal grandfather - was a man named Elvin Hunt, who was part Cherokee.

From BBC

Before the European settlers arrived and killed off most of the indigenous people, Greenbrier County was part of the Can-tuc-kee territory, where the Shawnee and Cherokee peoples lived.

From Literature

Will Rogers, an Oklahoman known as the Cherokee Kid, was the country’s first multimedia superstar.

From Los Angeles Times

It will expand production of the Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Compass, and reintroduce an entry-level version of its Ram 1500 pickup.

From Barron's

Soon after, colleague Jay Caviness hooked a Jeep Grand Cherokee in a nearby town.

From The Wall Street Journal