Sauk

noun

ˈsȯk 

variants or Sac

ˈsak  ˈsȯk 

plural Sauk or Sauks or Sac or Sacs

: a member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin

Word History

Etymology

short for Saukie, Saki, from American French saki, from Ojibwa osa·ki·, or a cognate Algonquian word

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above