blucher
[bloo-ker, -cher]
- 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.
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Origin of blucher
First recorded in 1825–35; named after G. L. von Blücher
Blücher
[bloo-ker, -cher; German bly-khuh r]
- 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
Contemporary Examples
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 ChronicleJames A. Warren
September 29, 2014
Historical Examples
I 'll entertain you here, and have Blucher and Platon, Fouch, and any one else you like to meet you.
Jack HintonCharles James Lever
He forgot, however, that he had to oppose Wellington and Blucher.
Yes, there are Prince and Blucher, the horses; and my parents in the carriage.
Roundabout PapersWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
He turned a corner suddenly, and Blucher went over his head.
The Innocents AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
We did not know this until after we had found it out through Blucher.
The Innocents AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
blucher
- obsolete a high shoe with laces over the tongue
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Word Origin
C19: named after Field Marshal Blücher
Blücher
- 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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