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RED CLOUD
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• RED CLOUD (noun)
The noun RED CLOUD has 1 sense:
1. leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
Familiarity information: RED CLOUD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Ogalala; Oglala (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota)
Indian chief; Indian chieftain (the leader of a group of Native Americans)
Context examples
There was a red cloud before me, and a noise like thunder, and the mist seemed to steal away under the door.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
And then a red cloud, like the colour of blood, seemed to close over my eyes; and before I knew what I was doing, I found myself opening the sash and saying to Him: 'Come in, Lord and Master!'
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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