a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
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the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
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Pawnee \Pawn*ee"\, n. (Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}.