(in US history) an African-American cavalry soldier.
Example sentencesExamples
His father had been a buffalo soldier in the Twenty-Fifth Infantry stationed at Fort Custer in the early 1890s.
Wash looked up to see five buffalo soldiers and a white sergeant smiling over the barrels of rifles.
Soon the Ninth's troopers also became known as buffalo soldiers, and ultimately the infantrymen too came to be considered buffalo soldiers.
The term ‘buffalo soldier’ originated during this period.
On March 2, 2001 the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum was issued a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from U.S. Congresswoman Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee.
Definition of buffalo soldier in US English:
buffalo soldier
noun
(in US history) an African-American cavalry soldier.
Example sentencesExamples
The term ‘buffalo soldier’ originated during this period.
Soon the Ninth's troopers also became known as buffalo soldiers, and ultimately the infantrymen too came to be considered buffalo soldiers.
His father had been a buffalo soldier in the Twenty-Fifth Infantry stationed at Fort Custer in the early 1890s.
On March 2, 2001 the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum was issued a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from U.S. Congresswoman Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee.
Wash looked up to see five buffalo soldiers and a white sergeant smiling over the barrels of rifles.