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Sauk

noun \ ˈsȯk \
variants: or play \ˈsak, ˈsȯk\

Definition of Sauk

plural Sauk or Sauks or Sac or Sacs
: a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin

Origin and Etymology of sauk

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

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