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CROCKETT

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Overview

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)play

  Familiarity information: CROCKETT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CROCKETT (noun)


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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