SITTING BULL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Hunkpapa (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains)

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

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