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Choctaw
native people formerly of southeastern U.S., 1722, from Choctaw (Muskogean) Chahta, of uncertain meaning, but also said to be from Spanish chato "flattened," for the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants. As a figure skating step, first recorded 1892, probably based on Mohawk (it is a variation of that step). Sometimes used in 19c. American English as typical of a difficult or incomprehensible language (compare Greek in this sense from c. 1600).
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Definitions of Choctaw from WordNet
Dictionary entries near Choctaw
chock-a-block
chock-full
chocolate
chocolatey
chocolatier
Choctaw
choice
choir
choir-boy
chokage
choke