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buffalo soldier
noun
- (formerly, especially among American Indians) a Black soldier.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of buffalo soldier1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; from the kinky hair, thought by the Indians to resemble that of a buffalo
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