Shawnee
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8.8
- proper noun
- /ˈʃɔːni/
:
shawnee
- Tecumseh was a famous leader of the Shawnee during the early 19th century.
- Shawnee Prophet
- Shawnee chief
- Shawnee tribe
Examples
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In 1726, the Delaware and Shawnee refused a Six Nations call to war.
Academic text (1993) -
Mr. Alford has had an active life as a leader of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe.
Academic text (2002) -
The Shawnee are still up there.
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I am a junior at Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Academic text (2007) -
We passed through the mountains and into New France Shawnee Indian territory.
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Significantly, this Shawnee history is not incorporated into the main text.
Academic text (2002) -
I believe you must have Cherokee or Shawnee blood in you.
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According to conventional knowledge, the Shawnee Prophet had promised his followers a marvelous victory on the battle's eve.
Academic text (1992) -
The Shawnee were big here, the Cherokee were here, Lenape, Ojibwe.
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In 1805, shortly after his first visions, the Shawnee Prophet directly challenged the authority of the annuity chiefs.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
161
3.4
A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
84
3.7
A person from the original people of a place, not later settlers
Compounds
A plant with white flowers whose young leaves are eaten as salad greens in the southeastern United States
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shawnee originally came from an Algonquian word meaning 'people from the south', and because of this origin the name is used today for the tribe who once lived in the eastern United States and their descendants.