Caddo

[ kad-oh ]

/ ˈkæd oʊ /

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noun, plural Cad·dos, (especially collectively) Cad·do for 1.

a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.

the Caddoan language of the Caddo.

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Origin of Caddo

From the Caddo word kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band

Words nearby Caddo

caddie cart, caddis, caddisfly, caddish, caddisworm, Caddo, Caddoan, caddy, caddy spoon, cade, cadelle

How to use Caddo in a sentence

The Caddo tribes were cultivators of the soil as well as hunters, and practised the arts of pottery-making and tanning.
The Myths of the North American Indians|Lewis Spence
The Caddo and Comanche had epithets for this tribe, that signified "dog-eaters."
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various
I hold, however, that some Caddo forms of speech must be indigenous.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
In the parish of Caddo during the month of October, 1868, over forty colored people were killed.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919|Various

Derivation: From the Caddo term ka-ede, signifying chief (Gatschet).
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico|John Wesley Powell