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cimarron [sim-uh-ron, -rohn, -er-uh n; sim-uh-rohn] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun bighorn. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of cimarron 1840–50; American Spanish (carnero) cimarrón wild (sheep); Spanish: wild, probably equivalent to cim(a) peak, summit (Latin cȳma spring shoots of a vegetable Greek; see cyme) + -arrón adj. suffix; cf. maroon2 Cimarron [sim-uh-ron, -rohn, -er-uh n; sim-uh-rohn] noun a river flowing E from NE New Mexico to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. 600 miles (965 km) long. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for cimarron Historical Examples of cimarron
In one instance all but two of the women of Cimarron cast their ballots.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
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The cimarron bear is avoided by the soldiers, if possible, when met by them.
Edmund B. Tuttle
The Cimarron flows eastward just south of the Colorado line.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XVI
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Smith escaped to be afterwards killed on the Cimarron by the Comanches.
The Romance of the Colorado River
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
Mr. Masterson sought to dissuade Cimarron Bill from his enterprise.
Alfred Henry Lewis
