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Burnside, Ambrose Everett

(Encyclopedia)Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War, b. Liberty, Ind. He saw brief service in the Mexican War and remained in the army until 1853, when he entered business in Rho...

John Bull

(Encyclopedia)John Bull: see Arbuthnot, John.

Sitting Bull

(Encyclopedia)Sitting Bull, c.1831–1890, Native American chief and spiritual leader, Sioux leader in the battle of the Little Bighorn. He rose to prominence in the Sioux warfare against the whites and the resista...

Bull, The

(Encyclopedia)Bull, The, English name for Taurus, a constellation. ...

bull bat

(Encyclopedia)bull bat: see goatsucker.

Tauriscus

(Encyclopedia)Tauriscus: see Farnese Bull.
 

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