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Tushepaw

Tushepaw noun: a member of a Native American group mentioned in some early travel accounts.

Noun

Tushepaw (plural Tushepaws)

  1. (historical) A member of a Native American group mentioned in some early travel accounts.
    • In answer to his eager questions, the Tushepaws informed him that the Great River was but two days distant and that a small party of white men had just descended it.1909, William Denison Lyman, The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce

Adjective

Tushepaw (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to these people.
    • Then a Tushepaw boy, who understood Shoshone, translated Clark's speech into his own people's tongue.2015, James West Davidson, A Little History of the United States, page 111

Proper noun

Tushepaw

  1. The language of these people.
    • English to French to Minataree to Shoshone to Tushepaw. The track of that speech gives a small idea of the patchwork of languages […]2015, James West Davidson, A Little History of the United States, page 111

Forms of Tushepaw

pluralTushepaws

Questions about Tushepaw

What does Tushepaw mean?
Tushepaw means a member of a Native American group mentioned in some early travel accounts.
What part of speech is Tushepaw?
Tushepaw can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Tushepaw?
The plural of Tushepaw is Tushepaws.

Words near Tushepaw in the dictionary

  1. Tuscumbia
  2. tush
  3. tush push
  4. Tushar
  5. tushed
  6. Tushepaw
  7. Tushepaws
  8. tusheries
  9. tusheroon
  10. tusheroons
  11. tushery

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