Sac

/sæk/
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Other forms: Sacs

Definitions of Sac
  1. noun
    a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay
    synonyms: Sauk
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    examples:
    Makataimeshekiakiak
    Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
    Keokuk
    Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
    type of:
    Algonquian, Algonquin
    a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
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