Definition of Cochise

1. Noun. Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cochise

Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Cocculus
Cocculus carolinus
Coccus hesperidum
Coccyzus
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Cocha antshrike
Cocha antshrikes
Cochimi
Cochin
Cochin-Chinese
Cochin China
Cochin China diarrhoea
Cochin fowl
Cochin fowls
Cochise (current term)
Cochlearia
Cochlearia officinalis
Cochlearius
Cochlearius cochlearius
Cochliomyia
Cochran
Cockaigne
Cockayne
Cockayne's disease
Cockayne's syndrome
Cockburn
Cockcroft
Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier

Literary usage of Cochise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, are one of about two dozen "sky ... 1), located in southwestern Cochise County on the United States-Mexico ..."

2. History of Arizona by Thomas Edwin Farish (1915)
"... OF HC GROSVENOR AND MEXICANS—ESCAPE FROM COUNTRY OF MINING MEN—BILL RHODES' FIGHT WITH APACHES—RESULTS OF OUTRAGES ON Cochise—KILLING OF LUMBERMEN AT ..."

3. My Life and Experiences Among Our Hostile Indians by Oliver Otis Howard (2001)
"—The Apaches Prepare to Receive their Chief—Arrival of Cochise—"This is the ... Getting acquainted with Cochise—A Dance of Welcome—Becoming Conduct of ..."

4. The History of Arizona from the Earliest Times Known to the People of Europe by Sidney Randolph De Long, Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society (1905)
"... CHAPTER VII Cochise COUNTY The area of Cochise County is 6972 miles, being about the size of the combined areas of Rhode Island and Connecticut. ..."

5. The Ore Deposits of the United States and Canada by James Furman Kemp (1900)
"Cochise County is the southeastern county, and contains the Tombstone district, once the most productive of the precious metals in the Territory. 2.11.10. ..."

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