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TETON

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TETON (noun)
  The noun TETON has 1 sense:

1. a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plainsplay

  Familiarity information: TETON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


TETON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lakota; Teton; Teton Dakota; Teton Sioux

Hypernyms ("Teton" is a kind of...):

Siouan; Sioux (a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Teton"):

Brule (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

Hunkpapa (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains)

Miniconju (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

Ogalala; Oglala (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota)

Sihasapa (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

Two Kettle (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)


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