Crazy Dog

Crazy Dog noun: a member of one of the Crazy Dog warrior societies among the Plains Indians.

Noun

Crazy Dog (plural Crazy Dogs)

A member of one of the Crazy Dog warrior societies among the Plains Indians.
- When his Hidatsa comrade died, Bear-gets-up left the Crazy Dogs. Lone-tree’s uncle, a Crazy Dog, froze to death; the Crazy Dogs met and gave property to Lone-tree, then about twenty years old, in order to make him join.1913, Robert H. Lowie, “Military Societies of the Crow Indians”, in Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, volume XI, part III, page 151
Synonyms:

Foolish Dog

Crazy Dog

A male given name of Native American usage.
- I give it below just as it was told me by Mr. J. W. Schultz, who received it from Crazy Dog, an old man of that tribe.1892 April, George Bird Grinnell, “Early Blackfoot history”, in American Anthropologist, volume 5, number 2, page 154

plural	Crazy Dogs

A calque. C.f. Blackfoot kanáttsoomitaa, Crow bishkawaaláaxa, etc.

What does Crazy Dog mean?: Crazy Dog means a member of one of the Crazy Dog warrior societies among the Plains Indians.
What part of speech is Crazy Dog?: Crazy Dog can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Crazy Dog?: The plural of Crazy Dog is Crazy Dogs.

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