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AGINCOURT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Agincourt mean?
• AGINCOURT (noun)
The noun AGINCOURT has 1 sense:
1. a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
Familiarity information: AGINCOURT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
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