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SITTING BULL

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SITTING BULL (noun)
  The noun SITTING BULL has 1 sense:

1. a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)play

  Familiarity information: SITTING BULL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SITTING BULL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Hunkpapa (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains)

Indian chief; Indian chieftain (the leader of a group of Native Americans)


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