osages Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
    Osage.
  2. noun a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
    Osage; Osage River.
  3. noun the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage
    Osage.

WordNet

O*sa"ges noun plural
Wordforms
singular Osage
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory.

Webster 1913