| 释义 |
Osage, n. and a.|ˈəʊseɪdʒ|
[ad. Osage self-designation wazhazhe.]
A. n. A member of a Siouan Indian people coming originally from the Osage river valley, Missouri. Also, their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people.
1698tr. Hennepin's New Discovery i. 141 Several Savages of the Nations of the Osages, Cikaga, and Akansa, came to see us. 1722D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 16 The Yellow [River] is called the River of the Massorites, from a great Nation inhabiting in many Towns near its juncture with the River of the Osages. 1804[see fix v. 14 b]. 1832[see heap n. 4 d]. 1835W. Irving Tour on Prairies i. 7 He spoke a Babylonish jargon of mingled French-English, and Osage. 1906Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties (U.S.) (1913) III. 253 All lands belonging to the Osage tribe of Indians..shall be divided among the members of said tribe. 1931C. Turner tr. von Schmidt-Pauli's We Indians xiii. 132 The long-drawn-out and piercing war-cry of the Osages. 1933L. Bloomfield Language iv. 72 The Siouan family includes..Dakota,..Omaha, Osage, [etc.]. 1945J. J. Mathews Talking to Moon 87 She..said in Osage to the chief, ‘I want to tell my son about the way we did things.’ 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 90 Oto and Osage also wove hat and neck bands of horsehair. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 602/3 The discovery of oil on the Osage reservation in the late 19th century.. made the Osage a uniquely prosperous people. |