Osage
noun /əʊˈseɪdʒ/
/əʊˈseɪdʒ/
(plural Osage, Osages)
- a member of a Native American people in the US state of Oklahoma. Many of them have become very rich since oil was discovered on their reservation (= land given and protected by the US government) at the beginning of the 20th century. The Osage had earlier lived in the Ohio River valley and then along the Osage River in Missouri. The US government moved them to the Oklahoma reservation in 1872.
欧塞奇（Osage）：美国俄克拉荷马州的原住民。自20世纪初在其保留地（＝美国政府给予和保护的土地）上发现石油以来，其中许多人就变得非常富有。欧塞奇（Osage）早些时候住在俄亥俄州河谷，然后住在密苏里州的欧塞奇河（Osage River）。美国政府于1872年将其迁至俄克拉荷马州的保留地。