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CHICKASAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chickasaw mean?
• CHICKASAW (noun)
The noun CHICKASAW has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi
2. the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw
Familiarity information: CHICKASAW used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Chickasaw" is a kind of...):
Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Chickasaw" is a kind of...):
Muskhogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean; Muskogean language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States)
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