Natchez
Americannoun
plural
Natchez-
a port in SW Mississippi, on the Mississippi River.
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a member of an extinct Muskhogean Indian tribe once living on the lower Mississippi River.
Example Sentences
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When his former owner’s nephew tried to claim him, George fled and found temporary safety among the Natchez, who later facilitated a deal with a trader to purchase George.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
By 1860, Mr. Rood writes, “Louisiana’s Natchez District was home to more millionaires per capita than any other region in the nation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Democratic Rep. Robert Johnson of Natchez said Tuesday that Clarke was persistent in seeking support for her alma mater, Alcorn State University.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
The NPS notes on its app where you can pull off and hike or drive bits of the Old Natchez Trace, and this was one of those places.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022
The people of these “mound builder” civilizations dispersed before the European invasion, but we know their descendants today as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Natchez Nations of the Southeast.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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