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BATTLE OF LUTZEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Lutzen mean?
• BATTLE OF LUTZEN (noun)
The noun BATTLE OF LUTZEN has 1 sense:
1. a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed
Familiarity information: BATTLE OF LUTZEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of Lutzen; Lutzen
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 ("battle of Lutzen" is a part of...):
Thirty Years' War (a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain)
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