CHOCTAW


Meaning of CHOCTAW in English

/chok"taw/ , n. , pl. Choctaws , ( esp. collectively ) Choctaw for 1.

1. a member of a large Muskhogean tribe of North American Indians, formerly living chiefly in southern Mississippi, now in Oklahoma.

2. the language of the Choctaw, closely related to Chickasaw.

3. something unintelligible, as speech, illegible handwriting, or an ineffectual explanation; gibberish: My best efforts at clarity were Choctaw to him.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .