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Osage

noun \ō-ˈsāj, ˈō-ˌ\

plural Osag·es or Osage

Definition of OSAGE

: a member of an American Indian people originally of Missouri

: the Siouan language of the Osage people

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French, probably from an Algonquian language, from Osage wažáže, a self-designation

First Known Use: 1698

geographical name \ō-ˈsāj, ˈō-ˌ\

river E Kansas & Missouri flowing E into Missouri River; now partly submerged in Lake of the Ozarks

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noun \ō-ˈsāj, ˈō-ˌsāj\

plural Osag·es or Osage

: a member of an American Indian people of Missouri

: the language of the Osage people

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