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ROSSBACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rossbach mean? 

ROSSBACH (noun)
  The noun ROSSBACH has 1 sense:

1. a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austriaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ROSSBACH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Rossbach; Rossbach

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 ("Rossbach" is a part of...):

Seven Years' War (a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it)


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