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

The couple was spotted by paparazzi holding hands in Paris last weekend as they left the Crazy Horse cabaret, where they had been celebrating Perry's 41st birthday.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

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

He spent time here in the ’60s, with Buffalo Springfield; he and Crazy Horse recorded the rollicking, transcendent “Zuma” here in 1975.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2022

His son, Ohiyesá Locke, said the cause was an asthma attack he suffered after performing at the Crazy Horse Memorial nearby.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

Crazy Horse and his decoys turned their horses back to the north.

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