Black Hawk

noun

1. 1767–1838, American Indian chief of the Sauk tribe: leader of Sauk and Fox Indians in the Black Hawk War.

Example Sentences

Then came lead roles in the 2001 movies “Black Hawk Down” and “Pearl Harbor” and 2002’s “40 Days and 40 Nights.”

From Los Angeles Times

Ultimately, a Black Hawk helicopter airlifted the plaster-clad mass to a waiting truck to drive it to the Denver museum.

From Seattle Times

Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills Monday in the Philippines’ northernmost island town, along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan.

From Seattle Times

At that time, the attack was the largest loss of American troops during combat in Africa since the “Black Hawk Down” debacle in Somalia in 1993.

From New York Times

The UH60 helicopter, known as a Black Hawk, had been surveying the local area at the time it disappeared.

From BBC