GERONIMO

Geronimo

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Various theories; see Wikipedia.

Interjection

geronimo

A cry before jumping out of or into something (originally by American parachutists).

Anagrams

• ignorome

Proper noun

Geronimo

(1829–1909) A prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe.

A cry before jumping out of or into something (originally by American parachutists). See geronimo.

Anagrams

• ignorome

Source: Wiktionary



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