Chickasaw

noun

Chick·​a·​saw ˈchi-kə-ˌsȯ 

1

plural Chickasaw or Chickasaws : a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples of Mississippi and Alabama

2

: the Muskogean language of the Chickasaw

Word History

Etymology

Chickasaw čikašša

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Chickasaw

noun

Chick·​a·​saw ˈchik-ə-ˌsȯ 

plural Chickasaw or Chickasaws

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of western Tenessee and parts of neighboring states

also : their language