Definition of Battle of Waterloo

1. Noun. The battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon.

Exact synonyms: Waterloo
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: Napoleonic Wars
Geographical relationships: Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom Of Belgium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Waterloo

Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Magenta
Battle of Maldon
Battle of Midway
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Naseby
Battle of Ontario
Battle of Pydna
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Ravenna
Battle of Rocroi
Battle of Wake
Battle of Wake Island
Battle of Waterloo (current term)
Battle of the Ardennes Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Battle of the Marne
Battle of the Somme
Battle of the Spanish Armada
Batum
Batumi
Baudelaire
Baudelairean
Baudelairian
Baudelocque's uterine circle

Literary usage of Battle of Waterloo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Decisive Battles of the World by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, John Gilmer Speed (1899)
"armistice was granted; and on the 3d of July the capitulation of Paris terminated the war of the battle of Waterloo. On closing our observations on this, ..."

2. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1829)
"Account of the Defence of Hougoumont, during the battle of Waterloo, on the 18th of ... IT appears to me, that the battle of Waterloo is the greatest event ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... battle of Waterloo to Napoleon seems to have been mainly owing to the imprudent use he made of nearly his whole cavalry in a desperate strife during the ..."

4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1816)
"... the unfortunate people, and to relieve them from the distress and danger to which they must be exposed. ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE Battle of Waterloo, ..."

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