Metternich

American  

[met-uhr-nikh, met-er-nik] / ˈmɛt ər nɪx, ˈmɛt ər nɪk /

noun

1. Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.

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Metternich British  

/ ˈmɛtərnɪç /

noun

1. Klemens (ˈkleːməns). 1773–1859, Austrian statesman. He became foreign minister (1809) and made a significant contribution to the Congress of Vienna (1815). From 1821 to 1848 he was both foreign minister and chancellor of Austria and is noted for his defence of autocracy in Europe

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Other Word Forms

• Metternichian adjective

Example Sentences

Kaunitz’s efforts to shape a favorable balance guided Prince Metternich, Austria’s foreign minister and later its chancellor, when France again became Austria’s foe after the French Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, continuing his pandering to the most primitive portion of the GOP base, this Missouri Metternich is opposing what no one is proposing — giving Ukraine a “blank check.”

From Washington Post

At the dawn of the 19th century, Prince Metternich of Austria famously negotiated a century of peace among the European kingdoms that had fought one another nonstop for a hundred years.

From New York Times

M.B.Z.’s leading role in this ongoing counterrevolution, as a sort of latter-day Metternich, has changed his country’s reputation.

From New York Times

The idea is that Jared Kushner, Trump’s Metternich, will somehow succeed where more than a century’s worth of diplomacy has failed.

From The New Yorker