Cheyenne
noun
a member of a North American Indian people of the western plains, formerly in central Minnesota and North and South Dakota, and now divided between Montana and Oklahoma.
Cheyennes
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pluralof Cheyenne.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The meaning was clear: The Lakotas and the Cheyennes would soon win a spectacular victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
“I see this newspaper clipping and it’s Southern Cheyennes in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1875. I know enough about my tribe’s history to know that we were never in Florida.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
For some Cheyennes, every treaty that peace chiefs signed and that the U.S. government broke made violence look more sensible than acquiescence.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
He counts among his friends a tribal elder of the Northern Cheyennes, the artist behind the hit single “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” and the president of the United States of America.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2016
There may be a few Cheyennes among them, but the war-party is a Sioux one.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford
