Osage
Americannoun
plural
Osages,plural
Osage-
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
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the Siouan language of the Osage.
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a river flowing E from E Kansas to the Missouri River in central Missouri. 500 miles (800 km) long.
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in an area between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers
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the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
Example Sentences
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After my role in “August: Osage County” in 2013, I seemed to be taken more seriously.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Scorsese’s examination of the 1920s Osage murders — a grim study of greed and corruption — felt like a definitive statement on themes that have long consumed the director.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
At nearly 1.5 million acres, the Osage Nation acts as one proving ground for CATALOG's technology and techniques.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, which is up for best picture, tells the story of the persecution of the Osage Nation in the 1920s.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024
But, even though the movie was popular, the Osage case was fading from memory, eclipsed by more recent celebrated cases.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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