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COCHISE
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• COCHISE (noun)
The noun COCHISE has 1 sense:
1. Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
Familiarity information: COCHISE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
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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