ˌchid.əˈmäshə noun
( plural chitimacha or chitimachas )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: perhaps Choctaw Chutimasha, literally, they have cooking pots, from chúti cooking pot + másha they possess
1.
a. : an Indian people of the Mississippi delta
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Chitimacha people