cherokee

English Thesaurus

1. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	iroquoian, iroquoian language, iroquois,
definition	:	a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois (noun.communication)

2. a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma (noun.person)

hypernym	:	iroquois,
definition	:	any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	george guess, sequoya, sequoyah,
definition	:	Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843) (noun.person)