Hypernym

noun

a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America

Instance_Hypernym

Crazy Horse 1

noun

a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)

Rain-in-the-Face 1

noun

a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)

Siouan 1

noundomain: person

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

Synonyms

Sioux 1
a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

Hyponym

Biloxi 1

noun

a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi

Catawba 1

noun

a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas

Crow 3

noun

a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

Dakota 1

noun

a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux

Dhegiha 1

noun

any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages

Instance_Hyponym

Crazy Horse 1

noun

a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)

Rain-in-the-Face 1

noun

a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)