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Blenheim

[ blen-uhm ]

noun

  1. village in S Germany, on the Danube: famous victory of the Duke of Marlborough over the French, 1704.


Blenheim

1

/ ˈblɛnɪm /

noun

  1. a village in SW Germany, site of a victory of Anglo-Austrian forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugène of Savoy that saved Vienna from the French and Bavarians (1704) during the War of the Spanish Succession Modern nameBlindheim
“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


Blenheim

2

/ ˈblɛnɪm /

noun

  1. a type of King Charles spaniel having red-and-white markings
  2. Also calledBlenheim orange
    1. a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
    2. the fruit of this tree
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Blenheim1

C19: named after Blenheim Palace
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Example Sentences

Dave Matthews owns Blenheim Vineyards in Virginia and produces an array of respected table wines.

Before buying the priory, the couple had rented a cottage nearby from the Duke of Marlborough on his Blenheim Palace estate.

In 1749 the library was removed to Blenheim, where it remained until 1881.

Cutts made his attack on Blenheim with all the fury which earned for him the nickname of the Salamander.

Mr. Price acknowledges himself an admirer of the water-scene at Blenheim.

But Blenheim was within the power of a magnanimous people, and they caused the erection of it at the public cost to be suspended!

Positively, the Garden of Eden cannot have been more beautiful than this private garden of Blenheim.

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