noun
the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
• Syn: ↑Sacagawea
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Shoshone, ↑Shoshoni, ↑scout, ↑pathfinder, ↑guide
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Sacajawea [Sacajawea]
(c. 1784– c. 1884) a ↑Shoshone ↑Native American who guided ↑Lewis and Clark in 1805 when they investigated the ↑Louisiana Purchase. She was the wife of the French ↑frontiersman Toussaint Charbonneau, who also travelled with them and interpreted for them. Sacajawea was especially helpful when they reached her home region around the Missouri River.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.