Cut Arm

noun

A member of a Native American tribe, also known as the Cheyenne.

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Meanings

nounCut Arm (plural Cut Arms or Cut Arm)

plural Cut Arms

  1. A member of a Native American tribe, also known as the Cheyenne.

    ‘He wore an eagle feather from the time he was sixteen. He counted coup many times on La-Cotahs and Cut Arms.’

    1951, Dorothy M. Johnson, Warrior's Exile; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 60

Origin

A literal translation of the Plains Indian Sign Language gesture used to identify the Cheyenne people.

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“Cut Arm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cut%20Arm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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