shawnee

Noun
  1. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river (synset 109688267)
    is a type of: algonquian, algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
    specific instances:
    • pontiac - famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
    • tecumseh, tecumtha - a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
  2. The Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee (synset 106924925)
    is a type of: algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

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