noun
1. a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
• Syn: ↑Aricara
• Hypernyms: ↑Caddo
2. the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
• Syn: ↑Aricara
• Hypernyms: ↑Caddo, ↑Caddoan, ↑Caddoan language
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/euh rik"euhr euh/, n., pl. Arikaras, (esp. collectively) Arikara for 1.
1. a member of a group of North American Indians of Pawnee origin who now inhabit the Dakota region.
2. the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.