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casimir pulaski

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Pu⋅las⋅ki

[puh-las-kee]
–noun
1. Count Cas⋅i⋅mir [kaz-uh-meer] , 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
2. a town in SW Virginia. 10,106.
3. Fort. Fort Pulaski.
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Pu·las·ki   (pŏŏ-lās'kē, pə-)   
Polish patriot and general who aided American forces in the Revolutionary War, commanding the defense of Charleston (1779) and leading a cavalry brigade in the siege of Savannah.
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Casimir Pulaski

English Casimir Pulaski Polish patriot and U.S. colonial army officer, hero of the Polish anti-Russian insurrection of 1768 (the Confederation of Bar) and of the American Revolution.

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