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General Custer   /dʒˈɛnərəl kˈəstər/   Listen
General Custer

noun
1.
United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876).  Synonyms: Custer, George Armstrong Custer.





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... Regiment, led the advance, and General Terry aimed for the rear of the children of the forest up the Big Horn. Here, on the 25th of June, without assistance, and with characteristic courage, General Custer attacked the enemy, sending Colonel Reno to fall on the rear of ...
— Comic History of the United States • Bill Nye
... "Life of General Custer"[14] can no more be estimated by fixed biographical rules than the meteoric career of his hero can be compared to the regular and peaceful lives of other men. Not often, perhaps, does the biographer devote himself with such enthusiastic abandon to his task, ...
— The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 • Various


Words linked to "General Custer" :   Custer, full general, general


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