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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of certain Ancestral Puebloan groups of the southwest United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on sheltered ledges in the sides of cliffs.
  • noun Informal A person who lives in a large apartment house, especially in a city.

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  • noun a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves

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