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buffalo soldier

buffalo soldier noun: an African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War.

Noun

buffalo soldier (plural buffalo soldiers)

  1. (US, historical) An African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War.

Forms of buffalo soldier

pluralbuffalo soldiers

Questions about buffalo soldier

What does buffalo soldier mean?
Buffalo soldier means an African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War.
What part of speech is buffalo soldier?
Buffalo soldier is a noun.
What is the plural of buffalo soldier?
The plural of buffalo soldier is buffalo soldiers.

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