marne river

1. 1.

   a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918

   SynonymsBattle of the MarneBelleau WoodChateau-Thierry

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofWorld War I

   France

Questions about marne river

What does marne river mean?

marne river means "a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918".

What is another word for marne river?

Close synonyms include Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry. 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 marne river a common word?

marne river 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.