Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the Platte River valley in south-central Nebraska and northern Kansas, with a present-day population in north-central Oklahoma. The Pawnee comprised a confederation of four relatively independent tribes living in permanent villages.
- n. A member of this people.
- n. The Caddoan language of the Pawnee.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The person to whom a pawn is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
- n. One of an Indian tribe which formerly dwelt principally in Nebraska and also in Kansas and Texas. Harassed by their hereditary enemies the Sioux, they were removed to a reservation in the Indian Territory in 1876.
- Of or relating to the Pawnees.
- n. See brandy-pawnee.
Wiktionary
- n. A near-extinct language of North America.
- adj. Relating to the Pawnee people or language.
- n. A person of Pawnee origin or descent.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
- n. a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
Etymologies
- North American French Pani, of Illinois origin, ultimately of Siouan origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“U.S. comedian, born Dan Whitney in Pawnee City, Nebraska, Larry the Cable Guy has successfully marketed his blue-collar-based humor to become one of the top grossing stand-up comedians working today.”
“In the name of Pawnee, she has already tended to an unsightly land pit, resurrected the town's dormant Harvest Festival, and gone head-to-head with the rival neighborhood of Eagleton over a shared park.”
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“In “Parks and Rec”, Pawnee is a real city and KaBOOM! is fake, but in real life KaBOOM! in a real organization and Pawnee is a fake city. xD”
“It is claimed by those who have made a special study of this tribe that the name Pawnee is derived from pa-rik-i, a horn.”
“The word Pawnee signifies "_exiled_," therefore it does not follow that the three tribes bearing the same name belong to the same nation.”
“Of course it wasn’t all torture humor in Pawnee last night.”
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“[Footnote 15: The word Pawnee signifies "_exiled_;" therefore it does not follow that the three tribes bearing the same name belong to the same nation.”
“I told you the Pawnee were the cleverest, " Jumping Snake repeated so often and so dolefully that the others wanted to silence him, but he was a senior chief with many coups and his lamentations continued.”
“We Pawnee, " they told him, and he was reassured, for by this time the Pawnee were the plains Indians most trusted by the white man; during the remaining years of this century they would serve as scouts for the army and as the agency by which other tribes like the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Sioux would be brought under control.”
“They became agitated and assured him that any man who fought the Pawnee was a friend.”
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