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Cherokee
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Cherokee
(noun)
Cherokee
/
ˈ
tʃerəki/
noun
plural
Cherokee
or
Cherokees
Cherokee
/
ˈ
tʃerəki/
noun
plural
Cherokee
or
Cherokees
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHEROKEE
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count
]
:
a member of a Native American people originally from Tennessee and North Carolina
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