Definition of Shawnee

1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river.

Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin
Specialized synonyms: Pontiac, Tecumseh, Tecumtha

2. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee.

Definition of Shawnee

1. Proper noun. a Native American people from Ohio ¹

2. Proper noun. their language ¹

3. Proper noun. a female given name, derived from the people ¹

4. Noun. a member of this tribe ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shawnee

Shaver's disease
Shavian
Shavian alphabet
Shavians
Shavon
Shavonne
Shavous
Shavuos
Shavuot
Shavuoth
Shaw
Shawism
Shawisms
Shawn
Shawna
Shawnee (current term)
Shawnee cake
Shawnee salad
Shawnees
Shawwal
Shay
Shaye
Shaz
Shazia
Shea
Sheandra
Shearer
Sheba
Shebat
Shebrew

Literary usage of Shawnee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"Martin Lane, United States Interpreter. [L. s.] TREATY WITH THE Shawnee, 1831. Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at ..."

2. Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1777-1778: Compiled from the Draper by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Louise Phelps Kellogg, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1912)
"While Simon went to the Seneca, and George to the Delawares, James was carried to the Shawnee towns and there resided for about three years. ..."

3. The Indian Tribes of the Upper Mississippi Valley and Region of the Great by Emma Helen Blair, Nicolas Perrot, Morrell Marston, Thomas Forsyth, Paul Radin, Gertrude M. Robertson (1911)
"Beyond this it is useless to theorize on the origin of the Shawnee or to strive to assign them any earlier location than that in which they were first known ..."

4. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by United States Office of Indian Affairs (1900)
"In 18a8 the Big Jim Band of Absentee Shawnee Indians were, by their request, placed under the jurisdiction of this office, making a total number of 444 ..."

5. Reports ... 2d Series by International Labour Office, United States Tariff Commission (1915)
"The Shawnee formation contains much more shale than limestone, but beds of limestone occur ... The Shawnee formation transgresses a faunal boundary, ..."

6. The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania by Charles Augustus Hanna (1911)
"Captain Thomas Cresap settled here in 1741, at which time it was known as Shawnee Old Town, being then only the abandoned site of their former village, ..."

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