catawbas Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
    Catawba.
  2. noun slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape
    Catawba.
  3. noun the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba
    Catawba.

WordNet

Ca*taw"bas noun plural
Definitions
  1. ; sing. Catawba. (Ethnol.) An appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.

Webster 1913