little bighorn

Noun

• a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command

• a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand

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• Synonyms: 
  Little Bighorn , Battle of Little Bighorn , Battle of the Little Bighorn , Custer's Last Stand , Little Bighorn River , Little Horn