First Known Use: 1825
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Cayuse
noun Cay·use \ˈkī-ˌyüs, kī-ˈ\
plural Cayuse or Cayuses
Definition of CAYUSE
1
: a member of an American Indian people of Oregon and Washington
2
plural cayuses not capitalized West : a native range horse
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Origin of CAYUSE
origin unknown
Rhymes with CAYUSE
Aarhus, abstruse, abuse, adduce, Atreus, blue spruce, burnoose, caboose, Cepheus, ceruse, charmeuse, chartreuse, Chartreuse, conduce, couscous, cut loose, deduce, diffuse, disuse, educe, effuse, excuse, fair use, footloose, hang loose, induce, Lanús, misuse, mongoose, Morpheus, negus, obtuse, Orpheus, papoose, Peleus, Perseus, prepuce, produce, profuse, Proteus, Purus, recluse, red spruce, reduce, refuse, retuse, reuse, Sanctus, seduce, slip noose, snow goose, Tereus, Theseus, traduce, transduce, turn loose, unloose, vamoose
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