buffalo soldier
buffalo soldier · buffalo soldiers
An African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated…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.
Meaning
1 senses(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
plural: buffalo soldiers| Singular | buffalo soldier |
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