Sauk

[sawk]

noun, plural Sauks, (especially collectively) Sauk.

a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.
the dialect of the Fox language spoken by the Sauk.

Also Sac.

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Examples from the Web for sauk

Contemporary Examples of sauk

Ahlef said there simply were no other employment opportunities where he lived in the town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Walmart’s Black Thanksgiving Woes
Daniel Gross, Nico Hines
November 29, 2013

Historical Examples of sauk

I went by team, leaving Sauk Center with the mercury at forty below zero.
Old Rail Fence Corners
Various
We turned ours over to the officer in charge of Sauk Center post.
Old Rail Fence Corners
Various
On our way to the fort, Sauk Center was the last place at which we found any settlers.
Old Rail Fence Corners
Various
At the lake they found an old blind Sauk who had been left behind.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
Charles H. Sylvester
You must carry my words back to my children, the Sauk and Fox.
Shaman
Robert Shea

Word Origin and History for sauk

Sauk

1

midwestern U.S. Indian tribe, 1722, alternative writing of Sac.

Sauk

2

southern Coastal Salishan group of Native Americans, from a native Lushootseed name, probably folk-etymologized by influence of Sauk (1).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper