Osage

[oh-seyj, oh-seyj]

noun

plural

Osages ,

plural

Osage .

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.

2. the Siouan language of the Osage.

3. a river flowing E from E Kansas to the Missouri River in central Missouri. 500 miles (800 km) long.

Osage

/ ˈəʊseɪdʒ, əʊˈseɪdʒ /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in an area between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family

Example Sentences

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

Jacobs-Jenkins has written a domestic drama in the epic tradition of “Death of a Salesman,” “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “August: Osage County.”

From Los Angeles Times

I just did one for a documentary called “Long Knife,” about the Koch brothers ripping off the Osage Nation.

From Los Angeles Times

The New Yorker’s Grann intertwines the racism and injustices of 1920s Oklahoma, corruption of local authorities and the mysterious deaths of several Osage people, mostly women.

From Los Angeles Times

“They have more soul,” Berkofsky said of his patterned carbon-steel knives, which feature elegant handles he has sculpted in rare wood such as charred Osage orange, black ash burl and live edge double-dyed maple.

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