Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cherokee"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cherokees \Cher`o*kees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Cherokee}. (Ethnol.)
An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the
region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are
now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become
one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cherokee
n 1: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee people [syn: {Cherokee}]
2: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the
Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma [syn: {Cherokee}]
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