Chickasaw Definition

chĭkə-sô
chickasaws
noun
A member of a North American Indian people that formerly lived in N Mississippi and Alabama and now lives in Oklahoma.
Webster's New World
The Muskogean language of this people, closely related to Choctaw.
Webster's New World
A member of this tribe.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A Native American tribe/nation, now concentrated in southeastern Oklahoma.

Wiktionary

The Muskogean language of this tribe.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Chickasaw

Noun

Singular:
Chickasaw
Plural:
chickasaws

Origin of Chickasaw

  • From Chickasaw chikashsha.

    From Wiktionary

Chickasaw Sentence Examples

  • During the wild era of speculation which followed (especially in 1832 - upon the opening of the Chickasaw Cession to settlement) a large number of banks and railroad corporations with banking privileges were chartered.

  • The Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, however, remained the faithful allies of the whites, and volunteers from Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, and later United States troops, marched to the rescue of the threatened settlements.

  • He suffered defeat at Chickasaw Bayou, but the capture of Fort Hindman, near Arkansas Post, compensated to some extent for the Vicksburg failure.

  • The city is finely situated on the fourth Chickasaw Bluffs, more than 40 ft.

  • Among wild fruit-trees are the persimmon and Chickasaw plum; grape-vines and a large variety of berry-bushes grow wild and in abundance.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHI

Words Ending With

WAWSAW

Unscrambles

Chickasaw

Words Starting With C and Ending With W

Starts With C & Ends With WStarts With CH & Ends With WStarts With C & Ends With AW

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With W