Crazy Horse

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noun

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

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How to use Crazy Horse in a sentence

Crazy horse cars jangled down the main Main Street to the docks.
A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River|Barlow Cumberland
Our contracting freight agent on the Coast at that time was a fellow so erratic that he was nicknamed "Crazy-horse."
Golden Stories|Various
Right in the midst of the strike Crazy-horse wired that he had secured a big silk shipment for New York.
Golden Stories|Various
The brilliant young war leader, Crazy Horse, was appointed to lead the charge.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains|[AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

Crazy Horse loved horses, and his father gave him a pony of his own when he was very young.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains|[AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

British Dictionary definitions for Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

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.)