Osage
Americannoun
plural
Osages,plural
Osage-
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
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the Siouan language of the Osage.
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a river flowing E from E Kansas to the Missouri River in central Missouri. 500 miles (800 km) long.
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in an area between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers
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the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
Example Sentences
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He left his table and chair by Mary’s tombstone and went up Osage Hill with Rose-Ivy.
From Literature
The most recent of her three Bafta nominations was 12 years ago, for August: Osage County.
From BBC
She has received four Oscar nominations in all: for “Steel Magnolias,” “Pretty Woman,” “Brockovich” and “August: Osage County.”
From Los Angeles Times
Scorsese’s examination of the 1920s Osage murders — a grim study of greed and corruption — felt like a definitive statement on themes that have long consumed the director.
From Los Angeles Times
Jacobs-Jenkins has written a domestic drama in the epic tradition of “Death of a Salesman,” “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “August: Osage County.”
From Los Angeles Times
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