Tecumseh

[ti-kuhm-suh]

noun

1768?–1813, American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe.

Also Te·cum·tha

[ti-kuhm-thuh] /tɪˈkʌm θə/.

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Historical Examples of tecumseh

It was thought that Tecumseh mistook this tool for a gun, and was nervous.
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Alexander Scott Withers
When the Tecumseh went to the bottom the Admiral prayed for light and guidance.
Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880
Various
Among the dead on the British side was found the body of Tecumseh.
Union and Democracy
Allen Johnson
He contrasted the conduct of the soldiery with that of Tecumseh and his Indians.
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation
Charles Roger
The heroic, the high-minded, the hapless Tecumseh was fallen.
Burl
Morrison Heady

British Dictionary definitions for tecumseh

Tecumseh

noun

?1768–1813, American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe. He attempted to unite western Indian tribes against the White people, but was defeated at Tippecanoe (1811). He was killed while fighting for the British in the War of 1812

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tecumseh in Culture

Tecumseh

[(tuh-kum-suh)]

A Shawnee chief of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He took arms against American settlers moving into the Middle West, and supported the British in the War of 1812, in which he was killed.