Pawnee
a member of a confederacy of North American Plains Indians of Caddoan stock formerly located along the Platte River valley, Nebraska, and now living in northern Oklahoma.
the Caddoan language of the Pawnee Indians.
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How to use Pawnee in a sentence
Her grandfather had been a physician and healer who—according to family lore—married a descendant of the Osage or Pawnee tribes.
Pawnee said farewell to the aggressively healthy Chris Traeger and tropical fish Ann Perkins.
Goodbye Chris Traeger and Ann Perkins, P.S. I Love You | Abby Haglage | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey had all shared a common fate long before reaching that towering and legendary land-mark of Pawnee Rock.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretAware that the Sioux were distancing them, the Pawnee hunters were shouting encouragement to their tribesmen.
Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell GregorWhite Otter shot his arrow at the foremost rider, and the Pawnee fell to the plain.
Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell Gregor
They soon drew away from the exhausted ponies of the Pawnee hunters, but the scouts kept close beside them.
Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell GregorHe spoke in loud tones, and Little Raven, who had been a captive in the Pawnee camp, understood many of his words.
Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell Gregor
British Dictionary definitions for Pawnee
/ (pɔːˈniː) /
plural -nees or -nee a member of a confederacy of related North American Indian peoples, formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas, now chiefly in Oklahoma
the language of these peoples, belonging to the Caddoan family
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