pl.Chickasaws or Chickasaw a member of a North American Indian people that formerly lived in N Mississippi and Alabama and now lives in Oklahoma
the Muskogean language of this people, closely related to Choctaw
Origin:
< Chickasaw chikashsha, a self-designation, or a Muskogean cognate of this
See Chickasaw in American Heritage Dictionary 4
nounpl.Chick·a·saw or Chick·a·saws
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama, now located in south-central Oklahoma. The Chickasaw were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.