noun
or arap·a·hoe əˈrapəˌhō
( plural arapaho or arapahos or arapahoe or arapahoes )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: perhaps from Crow aa-raxpé-ahu, literally, tattoo, from aa- with + raxpé skin + -ahu lots, many
1.
a. : an Algonquian people ranging over the plains region from southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba to New Mexico and Texas
b. : a member of such people
2. : the Algonquian language of the Arapaho people