pawnees Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
    Pawnee.
  2. noun the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
    Pawnee.

WordNet

Paw`nees" noun plural
Wordforms
singular Pawnee
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.

Webster 1913