Cherokee

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Cher·o·kee

(chĕr′ə-kē′, chĕr′ə-kē′)

n. pl. Cherokee or Cher·o·kees

1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the southern Appalachian Mountains from the western Carolinas and eastern Tennessee to northern Georgia, with present-day populations in northeast Oklahoma and western North Carolina. The Cherokee were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s after conflict with American settlers over rights to traditional lands.

2. The Iroquoian language of the Cherokee.

[From Cherokee tsalaki.]

Cher′o·kee′ adj.

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Cherokee

(ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː; ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː)

npl -kees or -kee

1. (Peoples) a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

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Cher•o•kee

(ˈtʃɛr əˌki)

n., pl. -kees, (esp. collectively) -kee.

1. a member of an American Indian people residing orig. in the W Carolinas and E Tennessee: surviving groups live in Oklahoma and North Carolina.

2. the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee.

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Noun	1.	Cherokee - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
	2.	Cherokee - a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma Iroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution

Translations

cheroqui

cherokeechérokî

cherokee

Cherokee (Indian)

n → Tscherokese m, → Tscherokesin f

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There were cries from the crowd of, "Go to him, Cherokee! Sick 'm, Cherokee!

Tim Keenan stepped in and bent over Cherokee, fondling him on both sides of the shoulders with hands that rubbed against the grain of the hair and that made slight, pushing-forward movements.

As the impetus that carried Cherokee forward died down, he continued to go forward of his own volition, in a swift, bow-legged run.

White Fang darted in and out unscathed, while Cherokee's wounds increased.

With a slight manifestation of anger, Cherokee took up the pursuit again, running on the inside of the circle White Fang was making, and striving to fasten his deadly grip on White Fang's throat.

Time and again White Fang had attempted to knock Cherokee off his feet; but the difference in their height was too great.

It was not a good grip, being too low down toward the chest; but Cherokee held on.

Cherokee still holding his grip, urged against him, trying to get him over entirely on his side.

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But the wall was clearest crystal; and Sarah was looking down a grassy lane shaded with cherry trees and elms and bordered with raspberry bushes and Cherokee roses.

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side of Kentucke River, from the Cherokee Indians, to attend their treaty at Wataga, in March, 1775, to negotiate with them, and, mention the boundaries of the purchase.

The barbarous savage nations of Shawanese, Cherokees, Wyandots, Tawas, Delawares, and several others near Detroit, united in a war against us, and assembled their choicest warriors at old Chelicothe, to go on the expedition, in order to destroy us, and entirely depopulate the country.

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The remnants of the Mohicans, and the Delawares, of the Creeks, Choctaws, and Cherokees, are destined to fulfil their time on these vast plains.