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CROCKETT
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• CROCKETT (noun)
The noun CROCKETT has 1 sense:
1. United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
Familiarity information: CROCKETT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Crockett; David Crockett; Davy Crockett
Instance hypernyms:
backwoodsman; frontiersman; mountain man (a man who lives on the frontier)
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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