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The State of Arizona is proud to honor the memory of the buffalo soldiers.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
The buffalo soldiers were formed with six regiments in 1866.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
Themes of possession, power, and skullduggery are represented by other adventurers: Mexican-American Tiberio Vargas (Benjamin Bratt), bilingual Mexican lawyer-interloper Esteban Romero (Luis Chávez), and a dutiful buffalo soldier, Sergeant Poe (Warren Burke).
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Dec. 2022
Yeah, as a buffalo soldier.
—Lynette Rice, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2022
Before their ultimate confrontation, Borlund fulfills his task to rescue white woman Rachel Kidd (Rachel Brosnahan), supposedly abducted in Arizona by a black buffalo soldier, Elijah Jones (Brandon Scott).
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Dec. 2022
Benjamin Brown, a buffalo soldier who received the Medal of Honor for military valor.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
That character is Rachel Kidd, a proto-feminist, thus her anachronistic description of Jones, the buffalo soldier who was also her lover and her mate in seeking liberty.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Dec. 2022
Borlund is hired by cuckolded New Mexico landowner Martin Kidd (Hamish Linklater) to retrieve his missing wife Rachel (Rachel Brosnahan), who has supposedly been kidnapped by buffalo soldier Elijah Jones (Brandon Scott).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
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First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined above
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“Buffalo soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffalo%20soldier. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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