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Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

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Kemosabe

March 26, 2020

27 June 2013

With all the news coming out the Supreme Court yesterday, you may have missed this Slate article on the origin of the term Kemosabe, Tonto’s name for the Lone Ranger.

As usual, there’s no definitive origin, but several plausible theories.

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