Definition of George Armstrong 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).

Exact synonyms: Custer, General Custer
Generic synonyms: Full General, General

Lexicographical Neighbors of George Armstrong Custer

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Geophilidae
Geophilomorpha
Geophilus
Geordie
Geordies
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann
Georg Friedrich Handel
Georg Meissner
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Simon Ohm
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Steller
George
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George Armstrong Custer (current term)
George Balanchine
George Beadle
George Berkeley
George Bernard Shaw
George Boole
George Bryan Brummell
George Burns
George Bush
George C. Scott
George Catlett Marshall
George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy
George Dewey
George Dibdin-Pitt
George Dibdin Pitt

Literary usage of George Armstrong Custer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Famous Cavalry Leaders: Through the Ages with the Heroes of Sabre, Spur, and by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (1908)
"... George Armstrong Custer: INDIAN FIGHTER THERE is no more vigorous or gallant figure in the history of the civilization and development of the United ..."

2. From Appomattox to Germany: Pictures of the Great Events in a Wonderful Half by Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1919)
"These tempting pictures of the Black Hill country George Armstrong Custer caused many men, particularly frontiersmen and prospectors, to open their eyes. ..."

3. Heroes of the Army in America by Charles Morris (1919)
"George Armstrong Custer entered the war almost as a boy. He was born at New Rumley, Ohio, December 5, 1839, graduated at West Point in 1861, and was at once ..."

4. Graded and Annotated Catalog of Books in the Public Library of the District by District of Columbia Public Library (1919)
"Custer, George Armstrong. Custer, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon. ... George Armstrong Custer 7 An intimate picture of General Custer, giving a brief but spirited ..."

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