Examples of “Chesapeake” in a Sentence

name The Chesapeake Bay, a large estuary on the east coast of the United States, bordering Maryland and Virginia.

• Fishermen have harvested blue crabs from the Chesapeake for generations.

noun A member of the Native American tribe that once lived around the Chesapeake Bay.

• The Englishmen reported that they had seen several Chesapeakes in a canoe.
• Historians study early accounts of the Chesapeake and other coastal tribes.