Buffalo Bill Cody
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- proper noun
- /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ bɪl ˈkoʊ.di/
- Many people attended Buffalo Bill Cody's shows to see reenactments of cowboy life.
Examples
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And now, introducing Colonel W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill.
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Right there is the famous Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Buffalo Bill Cody was known for his dramatic performances in the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show.
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In the late 1800s, Buffalo Bill Cody became a symbol of American frontier culture.
Synonyms
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7.5
An American person who ran famous Wild West shows
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A famous American performer and scout who traveled with the Wild West Show as Buffalo Bill
Surface Forms
Morphology
buffalo + Bill + Cody
This is a proper name/nickname whose specific referent (a late 19th–early 20th-century showman and bison hunter) cannot be derived from the literal meanings of 'buffalo', 'Bill' and 'Cody'. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would not be able to infer the historical person or his occupation without extra cultural knowledge, so the expression is non-compositional and opaque.
Etymology
Buffalo Bill Cody got his nickname because William Cody hunted many buffalo to feed men building the railroad, so people started calling him Buffalo Bill. He later put on a traveling 'Wild West' show that made his name mean the exciting stories of the American West.