Definition of cherokees:
(n) :
A member of an indigenous North American people.
(n) :
An indigenous North American people.
(n) :
Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
(n) :
A syllabary for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah.
(n) :
A census-designated place in Swain County and Jackson County, North Carolina, capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
(n) :
A town in Colbert County, Alabama.