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Custer

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Cus·ter  (kstr), George Armstrong 1839-1876.
American soldier. A brigadier general at age 23, he was killed and his troops annihilated by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse at Little Bighorn.
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George Armstrong Custer
Custer [ˈkʌstə]
n
(Biographies / Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876) M, US, MILITARY: cavalry general) George Armstrong. 1839-76, US cavalry general: Civil War hero, killed fighting the Sioux Indians at Little Bighorn, Montana
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Noun1.CusterCuster - United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
General Custer, George Armstrong Custer


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And after that he was killed, with General Custer and all the rest, by the Indians.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
It was in this year that General Custer was killed by the Sioux; that the flimsy iron railway bridge fell at Ashtabula; that the "Molly Maguires" terrorized Pennsylvania; that the first wire of the Brooklyn Bridge was strung; and that Boss Tweed and Hell Gate were both put out of the way in New York.
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