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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico
2: the Shoshonean language spoken by the Utes

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural Ute or Utes) Etymology: short for earlier Utah, Utaw, from American Spanish Yuta Date: 1776 1. a member of an American Indian people originally ranging through Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico 2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute people

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Austral. & NZ sl. a utility truck. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Utes Utes, n. pl.; sing. Ute. (Ethnol.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A ute is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground. Ute is an abbreviation for 'utility vehicle'. (AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL) N-COUNT