(复同单, 或Cherokees)
1
- a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting much of the southern US, now living on reservations in Oklahoma and North Carolina切罗基人（美国一印第安部落成员, 原居住在美国南部大部分地区, 现居于俄克拉何马州及北卡罗来纳州的保留区）。
2
- mass noun the Iroquoian language of this people, which has had its own script since 1820 and has about 11,000 speakers切罗基语（属易洛魁语, 1820年起有自己的文字, 使用者约11,000人）。
- of or relating to this people or their language（与）切罗基人（有关）的; （与）切罗基语（有关）的。
词源
from obsolete Cherokee tsaraki, earlier form of tsaliki.