Caddo

[ kad-oh ]

noun

, plural Cad·dos, (especially collectively) Cad·do

1. a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.
2. the Caddoan language of the Caddo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Caddo¹

From the Caddo word kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band

Example Sentences

The Caddo tribes were cultivators of the soil as well as hunters, and practised the arts of pottery-making and tanning.

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The Caddo and Comanche had epithets for this tribe, that signified "dog-eaters."

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I hold, however, that some Caddo forms of speech must be indigenous.

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In the parish of Caddo during the month of October, 1868, over forty colored people were killed.

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Derivation: From the Caddo term ka-ede, signifying chief (Gatschet).

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