a member of a confederacy of related Native American peoples, formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas, now chiefly in Oklahoma
2.
the language of these peoples, belonging to the Caddoan family
Pawnee in American English
(pɔˈni)
nounWord forms: plural(for 1)-nees or esp collectively -nee
1.
a member of a confederacy of Plains Indians of Caddoan stock formerly located along the Platte River valley, Nebraska, and now living in northern Oklahoma
2.
the Caddoan language of the Pawnee confederacy
Examples of 'Pawnee' in a sentence
Pawnee
Which could only mean that the Pawnee was regarded by the knowledgeable as more dangerous.
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY
He was an Indian named Manny Elk Antler, a Pawnee, supposedly.
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY
I would have been delighted to see Becker and his Pawnee friend; I would have run right into their arms.