DCHP-2

nitchie neche, nechee, nee-che, neejee, etc. [anishinābe Indian, friend] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n. — Obs.

  in Indian parlance, especially of another Indian, a friend.

• 2 n.

  an Indian (now often derogatory).

• 3 n.

  a small Indian pony.

  See also: cayuse ((n.))