shoshones Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
    Shoshoni; Shoshone.
  2. noun the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family)
    Shoshone.

WordNet

Sho*sho"nes noun plural
Wordforms
singular Shoshone
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes.

Webster 1913