Definition of Choctaw

1. Noun. A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama.

Generic synonyms: Muskhogean, Muskogean

2. Noun. The Muskhogean language of the Choctaw.

Definition of Choctaw

1. Proper noun. An aboriginal peoples native to the area currently known as Oklahoma. ¹

2. Proper noun. The language of the Choctaw tribe. ¹

3. Adjective. Relating to the Choctaw tribe or its language. ¹

4. Noun. A person of Choctaw heritage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Choctaw

1. a type of skating movement [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choctaw

Chlorophoneus
Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
Chlorophthalmidae
Chlorophyceae
Chlorophyllum molybdites
Chlorophyta
Chloroxylon
Chloroxylon swietenia
Chlorura
Chlorura chlorura
Choanotaenia infundibulum
Chocenyo
Chochenyo
Choco tinamou
Choco tinamous
Choctaw
Choctaw turn
Choctaws
Chod
Chodzko's reflex
Choeronycteris
Choeronycteris mexicana
Cholargos
Cholargus
Cholmondeley
Choloepus
Choloepus didactylus
Choloepus hoffmanni
Cholon
Chomskian

Literary usage of Choctaw

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

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Ct.) end still enjoy all the rights of choctaw citizenship except to share In the choctaw an- •384 nuities ; »declaring that In order to avail himself of ..."

2. Indian Land Laws: Being a Treatise on Indianland Titles in Oklahoma and by Samuel Thomas Bledsoe (1913)
"choctaw and Chickasaw homestead certificate. 1172. choctaw and Chickasaw allotment certificate. 1173. choctaw and Chickasaw homestead patent. 1174. ..."

3. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"A lease bearing date the twentieth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, between »lames F. Freeney and .lohn M. Grady, citizens of the choctaw ..."

4. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Franklin Lafayette Riley, Mississippi Historical Society (1902)
"THE choctaw CREATION LEGEND. BY HS HALBERT.1 Nanih Waiya occupies a unique position in choctaw folklore in its intimate connection with both the creation ..."

5. Catalogby Indiana State Library by Indiana State Library (1906)
"VJ- 1857. together with the constitution of the choctaw nation, and the treaty between the United States and the choctaw and ..."

6. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1852)
"PATENTS FOR choctaw AND CHICKASAW RESERVATIONS. Patents must issue under the fourteenth and nineteenth articles of the choctaw treaty of 1830, ..."

7. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"Ball playing among the choctaw Indians; Indian game of ball; nd 2 engravings. ... Mississippi choctaw texts; nd 2 reels of tape. Recording No. 97. ..."

8. Relation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Slavery by Charles King Whipple (1861)
"A motion was made to refer the foregoing statement of the Prudential Committee, and the letter of the choctaw mission, to a special committee; which motion, ..."

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