geronimo
Speech parts
1. geronimo - Noun
2. geronimo - Interjection
3. Geronimo - Proper noun
Meaning
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
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They held us in San Antonio ... We had tents and blankets but no arms. We had food. But every minute we expected to be taken out and shot. Nobody said it aloud. Geronimo had been promised that he would not die by bullets (by Usen, the Apache God), but the rest had not.
Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. ... Then we had George Foster come in; Ken Griffey Sr. was as good a two-place hitter as there has ever been in the game, and Cesar Geronimo won four Gold Glove awards. I mean, how could you ask for a better team?
If I could go back I might change Geronimo a bit. If I do, it will be made a longer version.
A Chiricahua Apache's account of the Geronimo campaign of 1886.
Around 1620, Spanish Jesuits oversaw construction of the first Catholic Church in the pueblo, the mission of San Geronimo de Taos.
Both Pablo Christiani and Geronimo de Santa Fé, in addition to criticizing the Talmud, also regarded it as a source of authentic traditions, some of which could be used as arguments in favour of Christianity.