Shoshone

Other forms: Shoshones

Definitions of Shoshone

1. noun

   a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
   synonyms: Shoshoni

   examples:

   Sacagawea

   the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way

   types:

   Comanche

   a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma

   Hopi

   a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona

   Paiute, Piute

   a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States

   Ute

   a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico

   type of:

   American Indian, Red Indian

   a dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America
2. noun

   the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family)
   type of:

   Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language

   a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States