Main Entry:

Sauk

Pronunciation:

\ˈsȯk\

Variant(s):

or Sac \ˈsak, ˈsȯk\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Sauk or Sauks or Sac or Sacs

Etymology:

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

Date:

1722

: a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin