单词 | indian fighter |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian fighter Indian fighter n. North American (now historical) a person, esp. a soldier, noted for fighting North American Indians. ΚΠ 1824 Acts Commonw. Kentucky 32nd Gen. Assembly 1st Sess. dclxxix. 409 Corn was a brave Indian fighter. 1832 Louisville Directory 97 The..gallantry..characteristic of the backwoods hunters and Indian fighters as they were termed in those days. 1942 Newsweek 31 Aug. 22/1 The Rangers were named after Rogers's Rangers, the rough and crafty Indian fighters of colonial days who battled near the Canadian border. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Nov. 63/3 Carson's public image was turned on its head and the Indian fighter of generations of schoolboys became the Indian killer of scholars. < as lemmas |
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