Tecumseh

[ ti-kuhm-suh ]

/ tɪˈkʌm sə /

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noun

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

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Also Te·cum·tha

[ti-kuhm-thuh]. /tɪˈkʌm θə/.

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How to use Tecumseh in a sentence

The most credible accounts corroborate what [William Tecumseh Sherman, then a St. Louis businessman] would remember.
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If it is ever built,” General William Tecumseh Sherman wrote his congressman brother, “it will be the work of giants.
The Unambitious President|Kevin Baker|November 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And then, with a sly reference to William Tecumseh Sherman and a joke about peeing in locker room showers, it all came to an end.
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On past the forts went ships and monitors, heedless of torpedoes or of the fate of the Tecumseh.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various

Two of them, Tecumseh and his brother, Laulewasikaw, fulfilled the largest expectations of their friends.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney
So when Tecumseh was but a child he hated the palefaces, and was glad when his tribe made war against them.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney
Thus, before Tecumseh could talk plainly, he heard about the heroes of his race, and learned what was expected of a good Indian.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney
Tecumseh was his favorite, and he strove to teach him all that was needful to make him a brave warrior and a good man.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for Tecumseh

Tecumseh

/ (tɪˈkʌmsə) /

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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Cultural definitions for Tecumseh

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.