Associations to the word «Pawnee»

Wiktionary

PAWNEE, noun. (legal) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
PAWNEE, proper noun. A near-extinct language of North America.
PAWNEE, adjective. Relating to the Pawnee people or language.
PAWNEE, noun. A person of Pawnee origin or descent.

Dictionary definition

PAWNEE, noun. A member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma.
PAWNEE, noun. The Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche