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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Cherokee" is a kind of...):
Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cherokee" is a kind of...):
Iroquois (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)
Instance hyponyms:
George Guess; Sequoya; Sequoyah (Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843))
Context examples:
Matt took hold of White Fang, ready to pull when Cherokee's jaws should be loosened.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It had taken Cherokee a long time to shift that grip upward, and this had also tended further to clog his jaws with fur and skin-fold.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It was not a good grip, being too low down toward the chest; but Cherokee held on.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Cherokee identified himself with his instinct.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
As the impetus that carried Cherokee forward died down, he continued to go forward of his own volition, in a swift, bow-legged run.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Also, their effect was irritating, for Cherokee began to growl, very softly, deep down in his throat.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Tim Keenan stepped in and bent over Cherokee, fondling him on both sides of the shoulders with hands that rubbed against the grain of the hair and that made slight, pushing-forward movements.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But Cherokee did not seem anxious to fight.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The next instant he was on his feet, but in that instant Cherokee's teeth closed on his throat.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
White Fang darted in and out unscathed, while Cherokee's wounds increased.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
