English noun: Sitting Bull | |||
1. | Sitting Bull (person) a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890) | ||
Instance hypernym | Hunkpapa, Indian chief, Indian chieftain | ||