Definition of Rain-in-the-face

1. Noun. A chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Rain-in-the-face

Raguileo alphabet
Ragusa
Rahe-Holmes social readjustment rating scale
Rahim
Rahn-Otis sample
Rahu
Rahul
Rai
Rai Bahadur
Rai Sahib
Raie Ultime
Raies Ultimes
Raillietina
Rain-giver
Rain-in-the-Face
Rainbow Brite
Raine
Rainer
Rainer Maria Rilke
Raines
Rainey's corpuscles
Raipur
Raisa
Raja
Raja batis
Raja erinacea
Raja laevis
Raja radiata
Rajab

Literary usage of Rain-in-the-face

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

1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"The Indians were led by Rain-in-the-Face. The year before, he had been ... The Captain was among the killed, and Rain-in-the-Face ia said to have made good ..."

2. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1883)
"THE REVENGE OF rain-in-the-face IN that desolate land and lone, ... cried Rain-in-the-Face, " Revenge upon all the race Of the White Chief with yellow hair! ..."

3. My Friend the Indian by James McLaughlin (1910)
"I do not know of a better example of the difficulty presented than in the case of the family of brothers to which Rain-In-The-Face belonged. ..."

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