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

It could be Preacher, who has a religious bent; or Bigger, the raw but hyperobservant new recruit; or the war-weary Silk, who already has a Purple Heart; or the aggressive Crazy Horse.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

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

The accounts of the other three Blackpink members who did not perform at Crazy Horse - Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé - are still accessible online.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023

One group of warriors, with Crazy Horse, would move left, or east.

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