1. a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States; [syn: Paiute, Piute]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Piute
n 1: a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern
Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and
living in the southwestern United States [syn: Paiute,
Piute]