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O⋅sage

   [oh-seyj, oh-seyj]
–noun, plural O⋅sag⋅es, (especially collectively) O⋅sage for 1.
1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
2. the Siouan language of the Osage.
3. a river flowing E from E Kansas to the Missouri River in central Missouri. 500 mi. (800 km) long.
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O·sage     (ō'sāj', ō-sāj')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. Osage or O·sag·es
    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting western Missouri and later southeast Kansas, with a present-day population in north-central Oklahoma. Substantial oil reserves were discovered on Osage lands in the early 20th century.
    2. A member of this people.
  2. The Siouan language of the Osage.

[French, from Osage wazházhe, tribal name.]
O'sage' adj.
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Osages

O*sa"ges\, n. pl.; sing. Osage. (Ethnol.) A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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