NOUN | person | Sitting Bull | a chief of the Sioux |
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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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Instance of | Hunkpapa | A member of the Siouan people who constituted / constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas |
Indian chief, Indian chieftain | The leader of a group of Native Americans | |
Spanish | Sitting Bull, Toro Sentado | |
Catalan | Bou Assegut, Sitting Bull |
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