domestic dependent nation

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A term used to describe the relationship between the United States and Native American tribes.

    The group of people.

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  2. 2.

    A term used to describe the relationship between the United States and Native American tribes.

    The territory belonging to the group of people.

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词源

Compound of domestic + dependent + nation. Coined in 1831, by Chief Justice John Marshall in the 1831 Supreme Court case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia.

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