OSAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Osage mean? 

• OSAGE (noun)
  The noun OSAGE has 3 senses:

1. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century

2. a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River

3. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage

  Familiarity information: OSAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Osage" is a kind of...):

Dhegiha (any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Osage; Osage River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Osage" is a part of...):

Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Osage" is a kind of...):

Dhegiha (a branch of the Siouan languages)