Sauk
noun
ˈsȯk 
variants or Sac
ˈsak
ˈsȯk
plural Sauk or Sauks or Sac or Sacs
: a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin
Word History
Etymology
short for Saukie, Saki, from American French saki, from Ojibwa osa·ki·, or a cognate Algonquian word
First Known Use
1722, in the meaning defined above