cayuse

¹

[ kahy-yoos, kahy-oos ]

noun

1. Western U.S. a horse, especially an Indian pony.
2. Also called cayuse wind. Northwestern U.S. a cold wind blowing from the east.

Cayuse

²

[ kahy-yoos, kahy-oos ]

noun

, plural Cay·us·es, (especially collectively) Cay·use.

1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians now living in Oregon.

cayuse

/ ˈkaɪuːs /

noun

1. a small Native American pony used by cowboys

Word History and Origins

Origin of cayuse¹

1830–40, Americanism; named after the Cayuse

Word History and Origins

Origin of cayuse¹

C19: from a Chinookan language

Example Sentences

For decades, they were swindled and demonized as “miserable Cayuse fiends.”

From Washington Post

The school will soon offer five full scholarships to students from the Umatilla Reservation, where the Cayuse people live in northeast Oregon.

From Washington Post

The Park Service has begun working with Cayuse experts to redo exhibits at the Whitman Mission National Historic Site.

From Washington Post

Not much on looks, Bill, but a cayuse don't cover ground on his looks.

From Project Gutenberg

If you want to make a real cayuse out of your wooden horse, brand it and any cowboy who then sees it will take off his hat.

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All that the soldiers had to eat for thirty days was the meat of a cayuse pony without salt.

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The hills were dotted with sleek cattle and horses and the ever present cayuse, or Indian pony.

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His incidents have a quaint individuality, as for instance the reproof from the Cayuse chief for the impiety of card-playing.

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