/shoh shoh"nee euhn, shoh'sheuh nee"euhn/ , n. , pl. Shoshoneans , ( esp. collectively ) Shoshonean for 2, adj.
n.
1. (in some, esp. earlier, classifications) a grouping of four branches of the Uto-Aztecan language family including Numic, Hopi, and several languages of southern California.
2. a member of a group speaking a Shoshonean language.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Shoshonean-speaking peoples or their languages.
[ 1890-95; SHOSHONE + -AN ]