Cherokee

[cher-uh-kee, cher-uh-kee]

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.

Cherokee

/ 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

Example Sentences

Footage from a trailing vehicle shows a red-and-brown Doberman pinscher, who later was euthanized, being dragged behind an older-model black Jeep Cherokee SUV on Wednesday around 5:45 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Sarah Marsh, a student at Cherokee Bend Elementary School in Texas, would have entered third grade in August.

From BBC

This proved vital in rural areas like Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation Reservation, where local emergency services would not have been able to afford the lifesaving antidote.

From Salon

He never shied away from his Cherokee heritage at a time when many did not talk about it out of fear of persecution, Hoskin said.

From Los Angeles Times

The scholars association abruptly rescinded the award after allegations surfaced last spring that Blackwell’s claims of Cherokee heritage, based on family stories, were phony.

From Los Angeles Times