Austerlitz

[ aw-ster-lits; German ous-tuh r-lits ]

/ ˈɔ stər lɪts; German ˈaʊs tər lɪts /

noun

a town in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: Russian and Austrian armies defeated by Napoleon I 1805.

Czech Slavkov.

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Examples from the Web for austerlitz

What he hankered after was the title of Duke of Austerlitz, but the Emperor refused to share the glories of that day.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The plain of Austerlitz would not have stirred her to deeper emotion.
The Fortune of the Rougons|Emile Zola
The news of Austerlitz, brought to him during his illness, is said to have killed him.
A Traveller in War-Time|Winston Churchill
The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine|Henry Foljambe Hall

Less than usual was said about Marengo, Austerlitz, or even the three glorious days of July.
Tales from Blackwood|Various

British Dictionary definitions for austerlitz

Austerlitz

/ (ˈɔːstəlɪts) /

noun

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

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