Crazy Horse

American  

noun

1. Tashunca-Uitco, c1849–77, leader of the Oglala Sioux tribe: defeated General George Custer at battle of Little Bighorn.

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Crazy Horse British  

noun

1. Indian name Ta-Sunko-Witko . ?1849–77, Sioux Indian chief, remembered for his attempts to resist White settlement in Sioux territory

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Crazy Horse Cultural  

1. A Sioux chief of the nineteenth century. Crazy Horse was one of the leaders of the Native American forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. (See Custer's last stand.)

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Example Sentences

In spring 1877, Crazy Horse capitulated; Sitting Bull led his followers into Canadian exile, where they would remain for four years until hunger drove them back across the border.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

At age 78, he’s going strong performing with Crazy Horse, Promise of the Real or as a solo act.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

And not just Young, but also Crazy Horse, his longtime, magnificently shambolic backing band who more or less helped invent both grunge and the modern jam band.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

There’s the incredible Crazy Horse statue that’s carved out in the Black Hills.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Crazy Horse and five hundred warriors had fought a thousand Long Knives.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III