Mandan

[ man-dan, -duh n ]

/ ˈmæn dæn, -dən /

a member of a Siouan people of North Dakota.

the Siouan language of the Mandan Indians.

Definition for mandan (2 of 2)

Mandan ²

[ man-duh n ]

/ ˈmæn dən /

a city in S North Dakota, near Bismarck.

"This is a step in the right direction," patronizingly remarked the Mandan Pioneer.

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands |H. Hagedorn.
The hunters did remain with Lewis and Clark until the Mandan villages were reached, but no longer.

Pilots of the Republic |Archer Butler Hulbert
In these holiday visits to the Mandan towns a glimpse was caught of domestic life.

The Conquest |Eva Emery Dye
Then he had the Indians at Mandan to give him some local maps.

The Young Alaskans on the Missouri |Emerson Hough

The Mandan women are divided precisely in the same manner as the men, into four classes, according to their age.

Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23 |Various