Definition of Kit Carson

1. Noun. United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868).

Exact synonyms: Carson, Christopher Carson
Generic synonyms: Backwoodsman, Frontiersman, Mountain Man

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kit Carson

Kirwan
Kisch's reflex
Kisenyi sheep disease virus
Kiseri
Kish
Kishar
Kishinev
Kishinyov
Kishoreganj District
Kisi
Kislev
Kissinger
Kissingerian
Kisumu
Kiswahili
Kit Carson (current term)
Kitakyushu
Kitasato's bacillus
Kitchener
Kitchener stitch
Kitler
Kitson
Kittitian
Kittitians
Kittsian
Kittsians
Kitty Litter
Kivu
Kiwi

Literary usage of Kit Carson

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

1. Kit Carson's Life and Adventures: From Facts Narrated by Himself : Embracing by De Witt Clinton Peters (1873)
"Kit Carson and two Companions plan a Hunt for themselves—The Great Success met with—Return to Taos—Sale of the Beaver Fur—Kit Carson joins Captain Lee and ..."

2. The History of the Military Occupation of the Territory of New Mexico from by Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1909)
"Christopher (Kit) Carson, as he was known among Americans, was born in the state of Kentucky in the year 1808. He came to New Mexico about the year 1827, ..."

3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Importance of Guides — The Old Trappers — Lessons from the Indians — How an Experienced Guide was Lost — Old Bridger— Kit Carson — The Requisites of a ..."

4. Thirty-one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains: Or, The Last Voice from by William F. Drannan (1900)
"Kit Carson SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.—BECKWITH MAKES A CENTURY RUN. We remained at Taos until August first, then, all being ready for our northern trip, ..."

5. History of the Border Wars of Two Centuries: Embracing a Narrative of the by Charles Richard Tuttle (1876)
"COLONEL FREMONT'S THIRD EXPEDITION — PECULIAR QUALITIES OF Kit Carson — FREMONT ... Kit Carson was, then, in the eyes of Fremont, a valuable companion. ..."

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