Cherokee

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

/ ˈtʃɛr əˌki, ˌtʃɛr əˈki /

noun, plural Cher·o·kees, (especially collectively) Cher·o·kee for 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.

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

Examples from the Web for cherokee

Then he called out “Cherokee,” the name of one of the most famous, and fastest, tunes in the bebop repertoire.
Why Comedians Still Think Bill Cosby Is a Genius|Mark Whitaker|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Currently Cherokee, Hawaiian, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Kalaallisut, and Navajo are supported.
Should Google Be Mapping Tribal Lands?|Grace-Yvette Gemmell|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Consequently, based on the Mancari reasoning, Baby Girl is an Indian child because she is a member of the Cherokee nation.
Close Call for Native American Rights in Ruling on Baby Girl|Marcia Zug|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To his eyes, Washington was dominated by lawyers, all speaking incomprehensible legalese—or, as Keynes put it, “Cherokee”.
Niall Ferguson Responds to the Blogospherse|David Frum|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

David Gregory the other night in Massachusetts spending 15 minutes on the Cherokee business.
A Modest Debate Proposal|Michael Tomasky|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The original possessors of the soil in this part of the country were the tribes of Cherokee and Chicasaw Indians.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844|Various
Atsil′-dihye′gĭ—“Fire Carrier”; apparently the Cherokee name for the will-of-the-wisp.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
It was now getting to be almost unusual to see an animal that looked like a Texas long-horn, or even like a Cherokee steer.
Jack the Young Cowboy|George Bird Grinnell
For this second tract the Cherokee themselves were to pay the United States five hundred thousand dollars.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
The latter was a narrow strip, extending from the Neosho River west to the western limit of the Cherokee lands.
The Cherokee Nation of Indians. (1887 N 05 / 1883-1884 (pages 121-378))|Charles C. Royce

British Dictionary definitions for cherokee

Cherokee

/ (ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː, ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː) /

noun

plural -kees or -kee a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples

the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

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Word Origin and History for cherokee

Cherokee

1670s, from Cherokee Tsaragi.

Cherokee

noun, plural Cher·o·kees, (especially collectively) Cher·o·kee for 1.

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