Muskogees

Muskogees
Muskogees Mus*ko"gees, n. pl.; sing. {Muskogee}. (Ethnol.) A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. [Written also {Muscogees}.] [1913 Webster]

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  • Muscogees — Muskogees Mus*ko gees, n. pl.; sing. {Muskogee}. (Ethnol.) A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Muskogee — Muskogees Mus*ko gees, n. pl.; sing. {Muskogee}. (Ethnol.) A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Muskogee — I. noun (plural Muskogee or Muskogees) Etymology: Creek ma•skó•ki, maskó•ki, a self designation Date: 1775 1. a member of an American Indian people of Georgia and eastern Alabama constituting the nucleus of the Creek confederacy 2. the language… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Creek — Creeks Creeks (kr[=e]ks), n. pl.; sing. {Creek}. (Ethnol.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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