BATTLE OF ROCROI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of Rocroi mean? 

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

1. a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF ROCROI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Rocroi; Rocroi

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holonyms ("Battle of Rocroi" 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)