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