First Known Use: 1722
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Choctaw
noun Choc·taw \ˈchäk-(ˌ)tȯ\
: a member of a Native American people of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana
plural Choctaw or Choctaws
Full Definition of CHOCTAW
1
: a member of an American Indian people of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana
2
: the language of the Choctaw people
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Origin of CHOCTAW
Choctaw čahta
Rhymes with CHOCTAW
backsaw, band saw, bear claw, bedstraw, blue law, bucksaw, buzz saw, bylaw, case law, catclaw, cat's-paw, chain saw, coleslaw, Corn Law, crenshaw, cumshaw, cushaw, Danelaw, declaw, Esau, forepaw, fretsaw, glass jaw, grandma, grandpa, guffaw, hacksaw, handsaw, hawkshaw, hee-haw, hurrah, in-law, jackdaw, jackstraw, jigsaw, kickshaw, last straw, leash law, lockjaw, lynch law, macaw, Moose Jaw, Nassau, old-squaw, outdraw, outlaw, pasha, pawpaw, pit saw, pooh-bah, poor law, rickshaw, ringtaw, ripsaw, scofflaw, scrimshaw, scroll saw, seesaw, shield law, southpaw, Skiddaw, tack claw, trishaw, tussah, undraw, Utah, Warsaw, whipsaw, wiredraw, withdraw
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Choctaw
noun Choc·taw \ˈchäk-ˌtȯ\
plural Choctaw or Choc·taws
Definition of CHOCTAW for Kids
1
: a member of an American Indian people of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana
2
: the language of the Choctaw people
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