A Native American who accepts a subservient position to a white person.
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Origin of tonto
From Spanishtonto (“fool”), from Western Apache kounʼnde (“wild rough people”).
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Tonto Sentence Examples
A reservoir was begun in 1904 just below the junction of the Tonto and the Salt with capacity to store 1,330,000 acre-ft.
The valleys of the Salt river and its affluents, the Agua Fria, Verde and Tonto, are strewn with aboriginal remains; but especially important in migrations of culture was the Little Colorado.
Reid was nursed back to health by an Indian scout called Tonto, who declared " You only Ranger left.
Reid was nursed back to health by an Indian scout called Tonto, who declared You only Ranger left.
Jay Silverheels - Silverheels played Tonto in the original Lone Ranger series, but was also a successful movie actor in the 1940s and 50s.