Pawnee
noun
a member of a confederacy of North American Plains Indians of Caddoan stock formerly located along the Platte River valley, Nebraska, and now living in northern Oklahoma.
Pawnees
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pluralof Pawnee.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You have to ford numerous rivers, and the Shoshones, Pawnees and Sioux, were extremely adept at helping the pioneers make these fords.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 12, 2015
At Pawhuska, Kaw Indians were joined by Osages and Pawnees in putting on war paint & feathers to welcome their fellow tribesman.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Act II a band of Sioux chased a band of Pawnees, then performed a Sun Dance.
From Time Magazine Archive
He and most of the 2,000 other Kaws, Pawnees, Otos and Osages present had come in first-class automobiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the Wichitas and Wacos, they are of the same stock as the Pawnees.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson
