gros ventre

1. 1.

   a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota

   SynonymsHidatsa

   BroaderSioux
2. 2.

   a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa

   SynonymsHidatsa

   BroaderSiouan

Questions about gros ventre

What does gros ventre mean?

gros ventre means "a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for gros ventre?

Close synonyms include Hidatsa, Hidatsa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gros ventre a common word?

gros ventre is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.