Chukchee [choo k-chee] Examples noun, plural Chuk·chees, (especially collectively) Chuk·chee.
Chukchi or Chuch·chi, Chuck·chi, Chuk·chee [choo k-chee] noun, plural Chuk·chis, (especially collectively) Chuk·chi for 1.
- a member of a Paleo-Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia.
- the Chukotian language of the Chukchi people, noted for having different pronunciations for men and women.
Examples from the Web for chukchee Historical Examples of chukchee
Buza exclaimed, pulling the Chukchee, who was half tipsy, by the arm.
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We didn’t even make a fire, for I am afraid of the Chukchee.
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Those cursed Chukchee drink it like fishes, and are wild to get it.
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“Your fame will spread among the Chukchee; you will have no peace now,” Buza said to Stefan in the hall.
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A Chukchee, dressed in fur and with a spear in his hand, lay face downwards across the pathway.
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British Dictionary definitions for chukchee Chukchi Chukchee noun
- plural -chi, -chis, -chee or -chees a member of a people of the Chukchi Peninsula
- the language of this people, related only to some of the smaller aboriginal languages of Siberia