noun
1. a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho
• Hypernyms: ↑Penutian
• Hyponyms: ↑Nez Perce
2. a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian
• Syn: ↑Sahaptin
• Hypernyms: ↑Penutian
• Hyponyms: ↑Nez Perce
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/shah hap"tee euhn/, n., pl. Shahaptians, (esp. collectively) Shahaptian, adj.
Sahaptin.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.