Natchez Definition

năchĭz
noun
A member of a North American Indian people formerly living in SW Mississippi and later in Oklahoma.
Webster's New World
The language of the Natchez.
American Heritage
The extinct language of this people, thought to be related to Muskogean.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Natchez

Noun

Singular:
Natchez
Plural:
natchezes

Origin of Natchez

  • French from Natchez

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Natchez Sentence Examples

  • State aid is given to the hospitals at Vicksburg and Natchez.

  • The first school established in the state was Jefferson College, now Jefferson Military College, near Natchez, Adams county, incorporated in 1802.

  • In violation of this pledge, and in the hope that a new bank would be more tractable than the Bank of Mississippi, the Planters' Bank was established at Natchez, in 1830, with a capital of $3,000,000, two-thirds of which was subscribed by the state.

  • The oldest permanent settlements in the state are (New) Biloxi (c. 1712), situated across the bay from Old Biloxi and nearer to the Gulf, and Natchez or Fort Rosalie (1716).

  • In1729-1730the Natchez tribe destroyed Fort St Peter, and some of the small outposts, and almost destroyed the Fort Rosalie (Natchez) settlement.

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Words Starting With

NNANAT

Words Ending With

ZEZHEZ

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Words Starting With N and Ending With Z

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With N7 Letter Words Ending With Z