Chickasaw

[ chik-uh-saw ]

noun

, plural Chick·a·saws, (especially collectively) Chick·a·saw.

1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians, formerly in northern Mississippi, now in Oklahoma.
2. the Muskogean language of the Chickasaw.

Chickasaw

/ ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː /

noun

1. -saws-saw a member of a Native American people of N Mississippi
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Muskogean family and closely related to Choctaw

Example Sentences

My other grandma is from the Chickasaw Nation, and in her youth she was also an activist.

From Los Angeles Times

In March, the New York Philharmonic premiered an orchestral version of the Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s “Pisachi.”

From New York Times

Buehler, in the final stages of his recovery from a second Tommy John surgery, threw 75 pitches, 54 for strikes, and he threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of the 21 batters he faced at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

From Los Angeles Times

Outside Sulphur, rising lake levels shut down the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, where the storms wiped out a pedestrian bridge.

From Seattle Times

And when chiseled turkey bones were unearthed on Tennessee land once inhabited by the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and Yuchi peoples, archaeologists weren’t sure if they were for tattooing, medicinal uses or leatherworking.

From Los Angeles Times