TUTELO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tutelo mean? 

• TUTELO (noun)
  The noun TUTELO has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina

2. the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo

  Familiarity information: TUTELO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUTELO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tutelo" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)