Tilsit

[ til-zit, -sit ]

noun
  1. former name of Sovetsk.

  2. a semihard, light yellow cheese made from whole milk, similar in flavor to mild Limburger.

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How to use Tilsit in a sentence

  • She returned at once to Tilsit, her eyes swollen with weeping; but she appeared in a stately dress, and with a smile on her lips.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • To Talleyrand she said, with fine sarcasm, that only two persons regretted her having come to Tilsit—he and she.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • By such hitherto unknown simplicity and address diplomacy at Tilsit was rendered most expeditious.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • The diplomatic intrigues at St. Petersburg were intensely amusing after the peace of Tilsit.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • Napoleon had opened to him at Tilsit a dazzling vista of territorial aggrandizement.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane

British Dictionary definitions for Tilsit

Tilsit

/ (ˈtɪlzɪt) /


noun
  1. the former name (until 1945) of Sovetsk

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