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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Crazy Horse

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

But when a planned world tour this year with Crazy Horse was canceled because of an unspecified illness within the band, Young was sidelined once again.

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

“Long as you understand that Crazy Horse didn’t do it because he wanted people to notice. He didn’t even want people to thank him. He just didn’t want anyone to go hungry.”

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