Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formerly living in villages along the Missouri River in south-central North Dakota, with present-day descendants on Lake Sakakawea in west-central North Dakota.
- noun The Siouan language of the Mandan.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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P.S. Robert Mandan is actually 78, not 56 … so, who’s the boss?
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Early in the eighteenth century they started becoming closely associated with sedentary village tribes of the upper Missouri River, namely The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara.
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And in their familiar name of Mandan, which is not an Indian word, there are equally singular and important features.
O-kee-pa, a Religious Ceremony, and Other Customs of the Mandans 1867
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By the way, we do have a newspaper, it is called the Mandan News. "
unknown title 2009
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"I like the idea Mandan has purchased the water park but I am still concerned with the cost of entrance.
unknown title 2009
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The married women of the Cheyenne and Mandan of the Great Plains performed a rite called "Intercourse with the Buffalo."
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
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SCHAPER: Mandan�is one of the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit known as Keepseagle that alleged discrimination in USDA loan programs dating back to 1981, discrimination that cost many Native American farmers and ranchers their land and their livelihoods - Mandan and her now disabled husband, Keith, among them.
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SCHAPER: Mandan�is one of the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit known as Keepseagle that alleged discrimination in USDA loan programs dating back to 1981, discrimination that cost many Native American farmers and ranchers their land and their livelihoods - Mandan and her now disabled husband, Keith, among them.
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No one in my family looks even the smallest bit Native American (save for a cousin who is addicted to tanning — but she looks more orange than Native American), yet we are all registered members of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Arikara, and Hidatsu) which within the federally-recognized Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » AZ Boycott and the Constitution: 2010
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The married women of the Cheyenne and Mandan of the Great Plains performed a rite called "Intercourse with the Buffalo."
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
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