cherokees Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
    Cherokee.
  2. noun a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
    Cherokee.

WordNet

Cher`o*kees" noun plural
Wordforms
singular Cherokee
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

Webster 1913