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Osage1 definition

Osage (ō sāj′, ō′sāj′)

noun

  1. pl. Osages Osag′·es or Osage Osage′ a member of a North American Indian people that migrated, over time, from the east coast of the U.S. to the Piedmont, then to Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma
  2. the Siouan language of this people

Etymology: < Osage Wazhazhe

Osage2 definition

Osage (ō sāj′, ō′sāj′)

river in central Mo. & E Kans., flowing east into the Missouri: c. 500 mi (805 km)

Etymology: after Osage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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