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Definition of Custer
1. Noun. United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Custer
Literary usage of Custer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"valley, custer was to proceed up the Rosebud and ascertain the direction of the
Indian trail, and if it led to the Little Big Horn it should not be followed ..."
2. The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell (2004)
"XXVI THE custer BATTLE 1876 THE defeat of General custer and the Seventh Cavalry
on June 25, 1876, with a loss of two hundred and sixty-five men killed and ..."
3. The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell (1915)
"XXVI THE custer BATTLE 1876 THE defeat of General custer and the Seventh Cavalry
on June 25, 1876, with a loss of two hundred and sixty-five men killed and ..."
4. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"Mr. VALENTINE: The next speaker on the program is Mr. BB custer, Superintendent
of Indian warehouses. Two years ago I was coming East on the Santa F6 ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"... time during the next twelve years was she free from fear of immediate or
threatened peril. General custer was ordered to Dakota in the spring of 1873. ..."
6. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"Mr. VALENTINE: The next speaker on the program is Mr. BB custer, Superintendent
of Indian warehouses. Two years ago I was coming East on the Santa F6 ..."
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