Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cherokee

2 senses of cherokee

Sense 1
Cherokee -- (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee)
       => Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language -- (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)

Sense 2
Cherokee -- (a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma)
       => Iroquois -- (any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution)