BATTLE OF WATERLOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of Waterloo mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF WATERLOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Waterloo; Waterloo

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain region:

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Holonyms ("Battle of Waterloo" is a part of...):

Napoleonic Wars (a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815)