Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle_of_the_little_bighorn

1 sense of battle of the little bighorn

Sense 1
Little Bighorn, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery -- (the savage and excessive killing of many people)