Muscogee

noun

Mus·​co·​gee mə-ˈskō-gē 

variants or Muskogee

1

plural Muscogee or Muscogees or Muskogee or Muskogees : a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy : creek sense 2a

Note: The Muscogee existed as a confederacy of tribes, with members known to English settlers as Creek, in the southeastern U.S. before their forcible removal to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840. Present-day members live under the name Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

2

: the Muskogean language of this people : creek sense 2b

also : the dialect of Creek spoken in Oklahoma

Examples of Muscogee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Much of that history comes from the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and other Indigenous communities that lived in the area when peaches first arrived in the Americas. —Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024

Santiago said that boy and the victim knew one another, and it is believed the children were all enrolled in the Muscogee County School District. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024

The ruling prevented the state from prosecuting offenses — in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and other tribes — that involved Native Americans on reservation lands. —Sara Kehaulani Goo, Axios, 14 Oct. 2024

In the future, Waters hopes to get a tattoo on his back by Dana Tiger, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and of Seminole and Cherokee descent. —Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Creek ma·skó·ki, maskó·ki, a self-designation

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1