ˌBuffalo ˈBill BrE AmE
(1846–1917) a ↑ scout (=a soldier sent out to get information about the enemy) for the US army, who was also a buffalo hunter. After leaving the army, he organized the ‘Wild West Show’, in which he and people such as Annie ↑ Oakley and ↑ Sitting Bull showed their skill at shooting and horse-riding, and tried to give people an idea of what life was like in the American West. Buffalo Bill’s real name was William Cody.