POITIERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Poitiers mean? 

• POITIERS (noun)
  The noun POITIERS has 1 sense:

1. the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French

  Familiarity information: POITIERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POITIERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Poitiers; Poitiers

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)

 Context examples 

The sports of the lists had done much in days gone by to impress the minds of the people, but the plumed and unwieldy champion was no longer an object either of fear or of reverence to men whose fathers and brothers had shot into the press at Crecy or Poitiers, and seen the proudest chivalry in the world unable to make head against the weapons of disciplined peasants.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)