Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

Austerlitz

[aw-ster-lits; German ous-tuh r-lits]
noun
  1. a town in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: Russian and Austrian armies defeated by Napoleon I 1805.
Show More
Czech Slavkov.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for austerlitz

Historical Examples of austerlitz

  • The plain of Austerlitz would not have stirred her to deeper emotion.

    The Fortune of the Rougons

    Emile Zola

  • I was at Presburg in the year 1804, just before the campaign of Austerlitz opened—'

    Arthur O'Leary

    Charles James Lever

  • The dispositions for the battle of Austerlitz occupied the entire day.

  • What weather these Napoleons had, from Austerlitz down to the matchless autumn of 1870!

    Dross

    Henry Seton Merriman

  • Our eyes fall on the name Austerlitz down in the mosaic of the crypt.

    From Pole to Pole

    Sven Anders Hedin

British Dictionary definitions for austerlitz

Austerlitz

noun
  1. a town in the Czech Republic, in Moravia: site of Napoleon's victory over the Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. Pop: 1795 (2007 est)Czech name: Slavkov
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012