English Dictionary

HICKOCK

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Overview

HICKOCK (noun)
  The noun HICKOCK has 1 sense:

1. frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


HICKOCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hickock; James Butler Hickock; Wild Bill Hickock

Instance hypernyms:

marshal; marshall (a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law)


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