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Geronimo

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Noun

1. geronimo

Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

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Geronimo

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noun
1. 
1829–1909, Apache chieftain: led a campaign against the White settlers until his final capture in 1886
exclamation
2. US
a shout given by paratroopers as they jump into battle
3. 
an exclamation expressing exhilaration, esp when jumping from a great height

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Geronimo

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1829?-1909; Apache Indian leader

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Geronimo

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Chiricahua Apache leader who resisted the US government policy to consolidate his people on reservations by leading a series of raids against Mexican and American settlements in the Southwest (1876-1886).

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