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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Agent (noun): one who is authorized to act for or in the place of another: as a representative, emissary, or official of a government <federal agent>

Appointment (noun): a non-elective office or position

Cavalry (noun): an army component mounted on horseback

Coverage (noun): inclusion within the scope of discussion or reporting (the news coverage of the trial)

Crowbar (noun): an iron or steel bar that is usually wedge-shaped at the working end for use as a pry or lever

Culture (noun): the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations

Ghost Dance (noun): a group dance of a late 19th century American Indian messianic cult believed to promote the return of the dead and the restoration of traditional ways of life

Journey (noun): an act or instance of traveling from one place to another

Politician (noun): a person experienced in the art or science of government; especially: one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government

Reservation (noun): A tract of land set apart by the federal government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a Native American people.

Settler (noun): one that establishes a residency (as a new region)

Warriors (noun): a man engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly: a person engaged in some struggle or conflict
 

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