Croatan

American  

[kroh-uh-tan, kroh-uh-tuhn] / ˈkroʊ ə tæn, ˈkroʊ ə tən /

noun

plural

Croatan, Croatans

1. Also, Croatan Indian, a member of a group of people from North Carolina and South Carolina having Indigenous, Black, and white ancestry.

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Example Sentences

Administrators viewed the harassment at Croatan High School as isolated incidents because there were many different perpetrators, records show.

From Salon

Such dynamics played out in April, 2023, when a blaze in North Carolina’s Croatan National Forest jumped from 7,000 acres to 32,000 in two days and burned for 10 weeks.

From Salon

“We’re seeing market formation in real time,” said David LeZaks, a senior fellow at the Croatan Institute, a nonprofit organization that researches sustainable investment.

From Seattle Times

Rush’s overturned kayak was later found in the Croatan Sound.

From Washington Times

“It seems like the new queries we get are not from the asset managers but the intermediaries — the consultants and financial advisers who struggle to sort the wheat from the chaff,” said Joshua Humphreys, president and senior fellow at the Croatan Institute, a think tank focused on investing for social good.

From New York Times