Choctaw

noun

Choc·​taw ˈchäk-(ˌ)tȯ 

1

plural Choctaw or Choctaws : a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples originally of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana

2

: the language of the Choctaw people

Word History

Etymology

Choctaw čahta

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Choctaw

noun

Choc·​taw ˈchäk-ˌtȯ 

plural Choctaw or Choctaws

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of Mississippi and Alabama

also : their language