Custer

[ kuhs-ter ]

noun

1. George Arm·strong [ahrm, -strawng, -strong], 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.

Custer

/ ˈkʌstə /

noun

1. CusterGeorge Armstrong18391876MUSMILITARY: cavalry general George Armstrong. 1839–76, US cavalry general: Civil War hero, killed fighting the Sioux Indians at Little Bighorn, Montana

Example Sentences

However, her attempts to save the day are thwarted when Ashtray stabs Custer in the neck because it’s the only thing he apparently knows how to do.

From The Daily Beast

According to Cody, he thrust the scalp in the air and shouted, “The first scalp for Custer!”

From Time

In Buffalo Bill’s stage show The Red Right Hand or The First Scalp for Custer, the scalping of Yellow Hand was an act of justice.

From Time

None of the warriors that the men fought had been at the battle of Little Big Horn, known as Custer’s Last Stand, or had likely ever encountered the revered General George Armstrong Custer.

From Time

Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.

From The Daily Beast

And this is how he explains that the mythology surrounding General Custer is largely false.

From The Daily Beast

In Custer County, Idaho, there was a sign by the road that said.

From The Daily Beast

For many years, McMurtry saw no need for another book on Custer.

From The Daily Beast

Larry McMurtry has been a student of the countless depictions of Custer for the past 40 years.

From The Daily Beast

Resuming its place in the column, I received orders to report with the regiment to General Custer, who was at its head.

From Project Gutenberg

General Custer was here, there, and everywhere, urging the men forward with cheers and oaths.

From Project Gutenberg

I rode forward between the lines with Custer and Pennington, and met several old friends among the rebels, who came out to see us.

From Project Gutenberg

The incidents which I recalled were those of war, but Custer's friends here gave me the incidents of peace.

From Project Gutenberg

My emotions upon entering this town, long the dearest place in all the world to Custer, can better be imagined than described.

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