Little Bighorn

American  

noun

1. a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.

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Little Bighorn British  

noun

1. a river in the W central US, rising in N Wyoming and flowing north to the Bighorn River. Its banks were the scene of the defeat (1876) and killing of General Custer and his command by Indians

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Example Sentences

The battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 was a high point, but not a turning point.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

The river where the Battle of Little Bighorn took place coursed through the land, prairie extended into pine trees and high buttes beckoned with even wider-ranging views.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

While Martin imagined the cavalry riding to the rescue, White saw only “the next Little Bighorn or Alamo.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s offices in North Dakota received an anonymous package containing a human skull that was marked as coming from the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Jimmy could hear his grandpa talking in his head, that day on the Little Bighorn battlefield: You can have courage and face the tough things that happen to you.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III