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    BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 commandplay

    Synonyms:

    Battle of Little Bighorn; Battle of the Little Bighorn; Custer's Last Stand; Little Bighorn

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Instance hypernyms:

    butchery; carnage; mass murder; massacre; slaughter (the savage and excessive killing of many people)

    Domain region:

    Mont.; Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)

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