a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
Cherokee in American English
(ˈtʃerəˌki, ˌtʃerəˈki)
nounWord forms: plural(for 1)-kees or esp collectively -kee
1.
a member of an important Native American tribe whose first known center was in the southern Alleghenies and who presently live in North Carolina and Oklahoma
2.
the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, written since 1822 in a syllabic script invented for the language by Sequoya
Examples of 'Cherokee' in a sentence
Cherokee
He tried the side spot, but that didn't illuminate much except Latovsky's Cherokee parked next to the boat landing.
Wood, Bari DOLL'S EYES
The Cherokee heaved over submerged boulders, settled into potholes so deep you drove down one side and up the other.
Wood, Bari DOLL'S EYES
Down the street, the white Grand Cherokee waited, undetected.