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

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

From Seattle Times

He had his own difficult relationship with his father, who was born into the Chickasaw Nation in 1894 in the town of Purcell in what is now Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles 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

Andrew Jackson’s battles with the Creeks were part of a long string of wars fought for decades against tribes of the American Southeast, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminoles.

From Literature