Tuscarora

[ tuhs-kuh-rawr-uh, -rohr-uh ]

noun

, plural Tus·ca·ro·ras, (especially collectively) Tus·ca·ro·ra.

1. a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
2. an Iroquoian language, the language of the Tuscarora people.

Tuscarora

/ ˌtʌskəˈrɔːrə /

noun

1. -ras-ra a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in North Carolina, who later moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

Example Sentences

Addison played football at Tuscarora High in Frederick, Md., before spending the first two years of his college career at the University of Pittsburgh.

From Los Angeles Times

There was a time when the United States worked with the Haudenosaunee, the confederacy that includes the Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, Tuscarora, Mohawk and Seneca nations, as the fledgling government sought to defuse conflicts in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War.

From Seattle Times

In upstate New York, bilingual highway signs in the languages of the Seneca, Onondaga and Tuscarora tribes border highways and their reservations.

From Washington Times

In upstate New York, bilingual highway signs in the languages of the Seneca, Onondaga and Tuscarora tribes border highways and their reservations.

From Seattle Times

"One we grow is Seneca white corn, also known as Iroquois white corn or Tuscarora white corn," Nelson explains, along with Buffalo Creek squash, from the reservation of the same name.

From Salon