bovine male animal, from Old English bula a bull, a steer, or Old Norse boli bull, both from Proto-Germanic *bullon- (cf. Middle Dutch bulle, Dutch bul, German Bulle), perhaps from a Germanic verbal stem meaning to roar, which survives in some German dialects and perhaps in the first element of boulder (q.v.).
Andrew Jackson - 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845). Old Hickory, Jackson.
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 â June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829â1837). Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general during the War of 1812 who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814), and the British at the Battle of New Orleans (1815).