Piute

[pahy-oot, pahy-oot]

noun, plural Pi·utes, (especially collectively) Pi·ute.

Paiute

or Pi·ute

[pahy-oot, pahy-oot]

noun, plural Pai·utes, (especially collectively) Pai·ute.

a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

either of two mutually unintelligible Uto-Aztecan languages (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute).

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Examples from the Web for piute

Historical Examples of piute

The Claywall physician came into the little room as silently as a Piute.
They of the High Trails
Hamlin Garland
They yowled and danced like Piute Indians, and glared at each other as they danced.
In a Little Town
Rupert Hughes
You see the Piute women put black on their faces when a child is gone.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1
Andrew Lang
Arriving there, we found only a Piute family and one Oriba woman.
Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience
James A. Little
Piute will get deer, or you may shoot them yourself; eat all the venison you can.
The Heritage of the Desert
Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for piute

Piute

noun

a variant spelling of Paiute

Paiute

Piute

noun

plural -utes or -ute a member of either of two North American Indian peoples (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute) of the Southwestern US, related to the Aztecs

the language of either of these peoples, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

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