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RED CLOUD

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Overview

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)play

  Familiarity information: RED CLOUD used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


RED CLOUD (noun)


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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