ute

ute [yoot] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. Informal. a utility vehicle.

Origin of ute First recorded in 1940–45 Ute [yoot] noun, plural Utes, (especially collectively) Ute.

1. a member of an American Indian people of Utah and W Colorado.
2. a dialect or group of dialects of the Uto-Aztecan language shared by the Utes and Southern Paiutes.

Examples from the Web for ute Historical Examples of ute

Matt said his mother was a Ute—full-blooded en tribe-raised.

David Lannarck, Midget

George S. Harney

The Ute had discovered the flight of their captive and were in hot pursuit.

The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony

Washington Matthews

There was danger in their path; a Ute war-band was abroad, but the fools knew it not.

The Candidate

Joseph Alexander Altsheler

On the whole, I must say, we were not favorably impressed with Ute life, as a rule.

Across America

James F. Rusling

They must have been attacked by wild animals or kidnapped by that Ute Indian.

Meg of Mystery Mountain

Grace May North

British Dictionary definitions for ute ute noun

1. Australian and NZ informal short for utility (def. 6)

Ute noun

1. plural Utes or Ute a member of a North American Indian people of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, related to the Aztecs
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

Word Origin and History for ute Ute

1846, shortened from Utah.