BATTLE OF LUTZEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Lutzen mean? 

• BATTLE OF LUTZEN (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF LUTZEN has 1 sense:

1. a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF LUTZEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF LUTZEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Lutzen; Lutzen

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Holonyms ("battle of Lutzen" is a part of...):

Thirty Years' War (a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain)