battle of little bighorn

Noun battle of little bighorn has 1 sense

• battle of little bighorn(n = noun.act) battle of the little bighorn, custer's last stand, little bighorn - 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; Array
is a kind of butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter