Definition of James Butler Hickock

1. Noun. Frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876).

Exact synonyms: Hickock, Wild Bill Hickock
Generic synonyms: Marshal, Marshall

Lexicographical Neighbors of James Butler Hickock

James Arthur Baldwin
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
James Augustus Henry Murray
James Augustus Murray
James Baldwin
James Barrie
James Bay
James Bernoulli
James Bond
James Bond villain
James Boswell
James Bowie
James Branch Cabell
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Brady
James Butler Hickock (current term)
James Byron Dean
James Cagney
James Clark Ross
James Clerk Maxwell
James Cleveland Owens
James Cook
James Crichton
James Dean
James Dewey Watson
James Douglas Morrison
James Earl Carter
James Earl Carter Jr.
James Edmund Scripps
James Edward Meade

Literary usage of James Butler Hickock

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

1. Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County by Charles Dawson (1912)
"... there was born, in LaSalle county, Ill., a boy who was afterward named James Butler Hickock, and who eventually became known as "Wild Bill. ..."

2. The Wolf Hunters: A Story of the Buffalo Plains by Robert Morris Peck (1914)
"Bill told * James Butler Hickock, better known as Wild Bill, was a famous character in Kansas and the West from to. In he was sometimes called "Indian Bill" ..."

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