buffalo soldier

noun

An African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War.

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Meanings

nounbuffalo soldier (plural buffalo soldiers)

plural buffalo soldiers

  1. UShistoricalgovernmentAn African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War.
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APA

buffalo soldier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffalo%20soldier

MLA

“buffalo soldier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffalo%20soldier. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffalo soldier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffalo%20soldier.

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