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Cus⋅ter

[kuhs-ter]
–noun
George Arm⋅strong [ahrm-strawng, -strong] , 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
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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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