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Definition of pulaski - 3 dictionary results

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.

Pu⋅las⋅ki

[puh-las-kee]
–noun
a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used esp. in clearing land and removing tree stumps.

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; after Edward C. Pulaski (1866–1931), U.S. forest ranger, its inventor
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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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