custer's last stand

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custer's last stand - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Custer's Last Stand
      n 1: 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 [syn: Little Bighorn,
           Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn,
           Custer's Last Stand]