battle of waterloo

1. 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

   SynonymsWaterloo

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofNapoleonic Wars

   Belgium

Questions about battle of waterloo

What does battle of waterloo mean?

battle of waterloo means "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".

What is another word for battle of waterloo?

Close synonyms include Waterloo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battle of waterloo a common word?

battle of waterloo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.