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• Nez Perce
  Nez Perce

  noun

  a member of a North American Indian people of the Sahaptin family.
• Nez Percé
  Nez Percé

  noun

  a member of a North American Indian people of the Pacific coast, a tribe of the Sahaptin

Nez Perce

American  

[nez purs, ney per-sey] / ˈnɛz ˈpɜrs, neɪ pɛrˈseɪ /

Or Nez Percé

noun

plural

Nez Perces,

plural

Nez Perce

1. Also called Nimiipuu.  a member of a North American Indian people of the Sahaptin family.

2. Also called Nimipuutimt.  the Sahaptin language of the Nez Perce.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Nez Perce or their language.

Nez Percé British  

/ ˈnɛz ˈpɜːs, ne pɛrse /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people of the Pacific coast, a tribe of the Sahaptin

2. the Sahaptin language of this people

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Etymology

Origin of Nez Perce

First recorded in 1805–15; from French: literally, “pierced nose”

Example Sentences

The Nez Perce Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation also responded and helped by collecting and scanning transponders on the dead fish.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024

Employees from a local hatchery, members of the Nez Perce tribe and the Union County Sheriff’s Office came to help and to clean up the fish.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Gladstone, who is of Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage, is the first Native American actress to be nominated for an Oscar.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

Indigenous tribes such as the Nez Perce and the Shoshone-Bannock subsisted on those fish, with salmon in particular taking on great spiritual significance.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

We found the trail of the Nez Perce Indians.

From The Vanishing Race by Dixon, Joseph Kossuth