a member of a Native American people formerly living along the Tennessee River
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Word origin
C20: back formation from obsolete Shawnese, from Shawnee Shaawanwaaki people of the south, from shaawanawa south
Shawnee in American English
(ʃɔˈni)
nounWord forms: plural-nees or esp collectively -nee
1.
a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma
2.
the Algonquian language of the Shawnee tribe
3.
a town in E Kansas. 29,653
4.
a city in central Oklahoma. 26,506
Word origin
[1720–30, Amer.; back formation from earlier Shawnese, Shawanese (construed as pl.), reshaping (with -ese) of earlier Shawanoes (pl.) ‹ Munsee Delaware šá⋅wano⋅w (sing.) ‹ Shawnee ša⋅wano⋅ki Shawnees, lit., people of the south]
Examples of 'Shawnee' in a sentence
Shawnee
I also ordered something called a Double Thick Shawnee Mountain Shake.
Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT
With her parents moving off, and her sisters ' drinking habits a bad legend, Shawnee needed a place to stay.