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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]