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Boone

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Boone  (bn), Daniel 1734-1820.
American frontiersman, folk hero, and central figure in the settlement of Kentucky.
Boone [buːn]
n
(Biographies / Boone, Daniel (1734-1820) M, American, MISC: pioneer, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: guide) Daniel. 1734-1820, American pioneer, explorer, and guide, esp in Kentucky
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Noun1.BooneBoone - an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
Daniel Boone


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Boone flourished several years after this meeting, in a vigorous old age, the Nestor of hunters and backwoodsmen; and died, full of sylvan honor and renown, in 1818, in his ninety-second year.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
One mistake had been made in not arresting Boone instantly, as he was allowed some few minutes during which he might have communicated with his friend the Lascar, but this fault was soon remedied, and he was seized and searched, without anything being found which could incriminate him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Like venerable moss-bearded Daniel Boone, he will have no one near him but Nature herself; and her he takes to wife in the wilderness of waters, and the best of wives she is, though she keeps so many moody secrets.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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