Austerlitz
['ɔ:stəlits]
Definition
(noun.) a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II.
(noun.) a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805.
Inputed by Chris--From WordNet
Examples
- Henri Fournaye, occupying a small villa in the Rue Austerlitz, was reported to the authorities by her servants as being insane. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then, as after Austerlitz, as after Wagram, we were too generous. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Annabel