Definition of Blenheim

1. Noun. The First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: War Of The Spanish Succession
Geographical relationships: Deutschland, Federal Republic Of Germany, Frg, Germany

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blenheim

Blatin's syndrome
Blatta
Blatta orientalis
Blattaria
Blattella
Blattella germanica
Blattidae
Blattodea
Blavatskian
Blavatskyan
Blaí Briugu
Blechnaceae
Blechnum
Blechnum spicant
Blender
Blenheim (current term)
Blenheim spaniel
Blenniidae
Blennioidea
Blennius
Blennius pholis
Blephilia
Blephilia celiata
Blephilia hirsuta
Bleriot
Blessed
Blessed Trinity
Blessed Virgin
Bletia striata
Bletilla

Literary usage of Blenheim

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

1. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"The position was strong: the fortified villages of Blenheim (Blindheim)and ... But Marlborough was quick to see that it had weak spots: that Blenheim and ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"The position was strong: the fortified villages of Blenheim (Blindheim)and ... But Marlborough was quick to see that it had weak spots: that Blenheim and ..."

3. Decisive Battles of the World by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, John Gilmer Speed (1899)
"Blenheim had dissipated forever his once proud visions of almost ... SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS BETWEEN THE BATTLE OF Blenheim, AD 1704, AND THE BATTLE OF ..."

4. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1874)
"And there was a large body of Bavarians and French at one end of the line, and there were twelve thousand French shut Battle of Blenheim. ..."

5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1864)
"However much the duke longed to see the magnificent edifice concluded, he showed the same calm intrepidity in the building of Blenheim as he had in its ..."

6. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"... the most popular is that to Woodstock and Blenheim, which may be reached either by railway (сотр. R. 33) or by road (carr. and pair there and back 2Q.s. ..."

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