Cherokee
noun
Cher·o·kee
ˈcher-ə-(ˌ)kē 
ˈche-rə-
1
plural Cherokee or Cherokees
: a member of a nation of once-nomadic Indigenous peoples located originally in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina
2
: the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee people
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The talented young star of Huff, Alpha Dog, and Charlie Bartlett was killed in a freak accident which left him pinned between his Jeep Grand Cherokee and a stone column just outside his Los Angeles home in June 2016.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 June 2025
With friends loaded into his white Grand Cherokee and a large Mexican flag flying out of the sunroof, this was the sixth day in a row that Garcia, 28, had spent up to 10 hours following such alerts through South L.A.’s immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
July 1: Cherokee attack the southern frontier. July 4: Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
Police found debris from a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the scene, according to prosecutors.
—Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 June 2025
With friends loaded into his white Grand Cherokee and a large Mexican flag flying out of the sunroof, this was the sixth day in a row that Garcia, 28, had spent up to 10 hours following such alerts through South L.A.’s immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
July 1: Cherokee attack the southern frontier. July 4: Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
Police found debris from a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the scene, according to prosecutors.
—Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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“Cherokee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cherokee. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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Cherokee
noun
Cher·o·kee
ˈcher-ə-ˌkē
: a member of an Indigenous people originally from Tennessee and North Carolina
also
: their language
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