Synonyms for little-bighorn

Noun

1. Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn River, Little Horn, river

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

2. Little Bighorn, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery

usage: 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