little bighorn

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little bighorn - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Little Bighorn
      n 1: a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn
           River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
           [syn: Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn River, Little Horn
           ]
      2: 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]