blucher

[ bloo-ker, -cher ]

/ ˈblu kər, -tʃər /

noun

a strong, leather half boot.

a shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and overlapped by the quarters, which lace across the instep.

Nearby words

blu-tack, blub, blubber, blubberhead, blubbery, blucher, bludge, bludgeon, bludgeoneer, bludger, blue

Origin of blucher

First recorded in 1825–35; named after G. L. von Blücher

Definition for blucher (2 of 2)

Blücher

[ bloo-ker, -cher; German bly-khuh r ]

/ ˈblu kər, -tʃər; German ˈblü xər /

noun

Geb·hart Le·be·recht von

[gep-hahrt ley-buh-rekht fuh n] /ˈgɛp hɑrt ˈleɪ bəˌrɛxt fən/, 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal.

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Examples from the Web for blucher

In Berlin, Princess Blucher wrote in her diary, “Nothing is talked of but the expected entry into Paris.”
Barbara Tuchman’s ‘The Guns of August’ Is Still WWI’s Peerless Chronicle|James A. Warren|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wellington was heard to say during the day, "Would to God that Blucher or night would come!"
Military Career of Napoleon the Great|Montgomery B. Gibbs
The indefatigable Blucher arrived, and the star of Napoleon sank.
Precaution|James Fenimore Cooper
Blucher had rapidly returned from the right to meet the peril.
Waterloo|Hilaire Belloc

On the last day of the month we were greatly cheered by the news that the "Blucher" had been sunk in the North Sea.
New Zealanders at Gallipoli|Major Fred Waite
As soon as Wellington learned that Blucher had carried out the arrangement agreed upon his mind was at ease.
One of the 28th|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for blucher (1 of 2)

blucher

/ (ˈbluːkə, -tʃə) /

noun

obsolete a high shoe with laces over the tongue

Word Origin for blucher

C19: named after Field Marshal Blücher

British Dictionary definitions for blucher (2 of 2)

Blücher

/ (German ˈblyçər) /

noun

Gebhard Leberecht von (ˈɡɛphart ˈleːbərɛçt fɔn). 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal, who commanded the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)

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