Osage
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- proper noun
- /ˈoʊseɪdʒ/
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pueblo Osage
- Many aspects of nineteenth-century Osage religion were waning by 1910, replaced by peyotism.
You know, when a guy like Bill Hale, played by De Niro, who says I love these Osage people and he's killing them, but he does love them Now, What is that?
- You know, when a guy like Bill Hale, played by De Niro, who says I love these Osage people and he's killing them, but he does love them Now, What is that?
- So this guy, Roland Osage, I opened up my app today.
Examples
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The Osage had occupied what was to become the Cherokee Nation for hundreds of years.
Academic text (2011) -
In this second stage of LaFlesche's career, he turned his attention to the Osage.
Academic text (2001) -
It's another hot day on the plains in Osage County.
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Aide: A group of Osage just arrived from Missouri.
Fiction book (1998) -
Chief Baconrind, one of the Osage millionaires.
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Robert Warrior, an Osage intellectual, explains the problem with essentialism: "Appeals to essentialized worldviews.
Academic text (2001) -
A smile crossed the faces of the Osage girls, but their grins disappeared quickly beneath the steely gaze of the headmistress.
Fiction book (1990) -
On August 23, 1806, Pike camped with the Osage Amerindians in their villages near the Kansas-Missouri border.
Academic text (2002) -
The history of the Osage people is rich with tradition and culture.
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Each member of the Osage Nation plays a vital role in preserving their heritage.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Osage comes from the tribe's own word Wazhazhe, meaning 'people of the middle waters', a name kept by Europeans when they spoke about the group. So, Osage is the proper name for the Osage people or Nation.