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Muskogean
Muskogean definition
☆ Mus·ko·gean (mus kō′gē ən, -jē-)
adjective
designating or of a North American Indian language family of the SE U.S., consisting of four main branches, including Choctaw-Chickasaw and Creek-Seminole
also Muskhogean Mus·kho′·gean
Etymology: var. of Muskhogean, coined (1891) < Muskogee by J. W. Powell (1834-1902), U.S. ethnologist & geologist
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