单词 | choctaw |
释义 | Choctawn. 1. a. A Muskogean North American Indian people, originally inhabiting Mississippi and Alabama; a member of this people. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Eastern America > [noun] Floridian1589 Chickasaw1674 Yamasee1699 Alabama1708 Natchez1708 Santee1709 Cherokee1721 Choctaw1722 Coushatta1722 Creek1725 Yuchi1738 Muskogee1751 Floridan1763 Muskogee1789 Mikasuki1791 Opelousa1805 Karankawa1806 Tunica1806 Melungeon1813 Alabamian1817 Ozark1819 Alabaman1829 1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 25 This mightier Nation of the Chattas consisting of near 3000 Fighting Men. 1725 G. Chicken Jrnl. 12 Aug. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Col. (1916) 122 The Chickesaws have made a peace with the Chactaws. 1736 J. Wesley Jrnl. 30 June (1938) The Choctaws, the least polished, i.e. the least corrupted of all the Indian nations. 1738 W. Stephens Jrnl. 16 Feb. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) I. 108 The Chocktaw Indians..had..come in a great Body. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 2 A large body of the English Indian traders, on their way to the Choktah country, were escorted by a body of Creek and Choktah warriors. 1791 W. Bartram (title) Travels through North and South Carolina,..the extensive territories of the Muscogulges or Creek confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iv. 95 A chief of the Choctaw tribe of Indians. 1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 21 Apr. 7/5 Doc is half Choctaw along with a mixture of English and Irish. b. The language of this people. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Penutian > of specific Penutian languages Creek1725 Choctaw1796 Tsimshian1836 Muskogee1868 Tzeltal1868 Yuki1875 Klamath1881 Takelma1882 Zoque1891 Zoque–Mixe1893 Modoc1907 Yawelmani1907 Sahaptin1921 Totonacan1933 Tzotzil1939 Molale1966 Quichean1968 Mixean1977 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Penutian > Gulf Penutian > Natchez-Muskogean Coushatta1836 Natchez1836 Choctaw1880 Muskogean1885 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 669 The Chickasaw and Choctaw languages. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes 60 I also speak Choctaw. 1941 M. R. Haas in L. Spier et al. Language, Culture, & Personality 42 Choctaw and Chickasaw are actually subvarieties of the same language. 1948 D. Diringer Alphabet i. x. 183 Choctaw is another important Muskhogean dialect; it has now about 18,000 speakers, who live in eastern Oklahoma and in Mississippi. c. colloquial. As a type of an unknown or difficult language; cf. Greek n. 8. ΚΠ 1839 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 1 Mar. 2/4 Even admitting a person understands French and pronounces the name of a dish correctly, its all Hebrew or Choctaw to the waiter. 1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning 13 He had a good many private expressions that were Choctaw to those that did not know him. 2. Skating. A step from either edge on one foot to the opposite edge on the other foot, in an opposite direction. (Cf. Mohawk n. 3.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating > figure > specific figure or movement spread eagle1823 Q1852 grapevine1868 loop1869 rocking turn1869 Mohawk1880 vine1891 bracket1892 Choctaw1892 counter1892 rocker1892 scud1892 three1895 toe-spin1921 death spiral1933 1892 T. M. Witham Figure Skating in J. M. Heathcote & C. G. Tebbutt Skating (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 81 Starting as before from the outside forward, it is possible to put the other foot down not on the outside but on the inside back. This step it is proposed to call a ‘Choctaw’. 1892 Monier-Williams Figure-Skating 61 A Choctaw is simply a step or stroke from any edge in one direction, to the opposite edge on the other foot, in an opposite direction. 1908 E. F. Benson Eng. Figure Skating 119 Mohawks and Choctaws, to attempt a definition, are a cross between edges and turns... In Mohawks the same edge (outside or inside) as has been laid down by the first foot is taken up by the second; in Choctaws the opposite edge. 1948 Time 2 Feb. 51/2 From difficult double Salchows to simple open Choctaws. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1722 |
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