GERONIMO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Apache (any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma)

Indian chief; Indian chieftain (the leader of a group of Native Americans)

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