Kutuzov

[ koo-too-zawf, -zof; Russian koo-too-zuhf ]

noun
  1. Mi·kha·il I·la·ri·o·no·vich [myi-khuh-yeelee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich], /myɪ xʌˈyil i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/, Prince of Smolensk, 1745–1813, Russian field marshal and diplomat.

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How to use Kutuzov in a sentence

  • What the result must be was quite obvious, and yet Napoleon offered and Kutuzov accepted that battle.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
  • Kutuzov here woke up, coughed heavily, and looked round at the generals.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
  • "There will be a council of war at Kutuzov's tonight, though; you can say all this there," remarked Dolgorukov.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
  • Kutuzov was occupying a nobleman's castle of modest dimensions near Ostralitz.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
  • Nothing remained for the representative of the national war but to die, and Kutuzov died.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy

British Dictionary definitions for Kutuzov

Kutuzov

/ (Russian kuˈtuzəf) /


noun
  1. Prince Mikhail Ilarionovich (mixaˈil iləriˈɔnəvitʃ). 1745–1813, Russian field marshal, who harried the French army under Napoleon throughout their retreat from Moscow (1812–13)

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