Tuscarora

noun

Tus·ca·ro·ra | \ˌtə-skə-ˈrȯr-ə

\

plural Tuscarora or Tuscaroras

Definition of Tuscarora

1 : a member of an American Indian people originally of North Carolina and later of New York and Ontario

2 : the Iroquoian language of the Tuscarora people

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The first known use of Tuscarora was in 1713

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