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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

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Examples

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • GERONIMO - The old truck was smoking Saturday behind Geronimo VFW Post 8456, but the guys gathered around it - R.C. Pownall and buddies, Dave James, Bill Jandt and Alvin Seiler - weren't there to talk about hot cars.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

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