Kosciusko

[kos-kee-uhs-koh, kos-ee-; for 1 also Polish kawsh-choo sh-kaw]

noun

ThaddeusTadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko, 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.
Mount, the highest mountain in Australia, in SE New South Wales. 7316 feet (2230 meters).

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Contemporary Examples of kosciusko

Locally, Esters is well-known as a genealogy expert, and I'd heard about her from a Kosciusko librarian.
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Alex Heard
April 22, 2010

Historical Examples of kosciusko

Washington was both; Kosciusko was neither; neither was Hofer.
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In the fight that followed, Kosciusko was badly wounded and flung from the house.
The Greatest Highway in the World
Anonymous
From this period the life of Kosciusko was passed in retirement.
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Why, one 98 day I lost her in a tenement on Kosciusko street.
Little Lost Sister
Virginia Brooks
In the words of the poet Byron, "Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell."
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Charles Morris

British Dictionary definitions for kosciusko

Kosciusko

noun

Thaddeus, Polish name Tadeusz Kościusko. 1746–1817, Polish general: fought for the colonists in the American War of Independence and led an unsuccessful revolt against the partitioning of Poland (1794)

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