Metternich

[ met-uhr-nikh; English met-er-nik ]

/ ˈmɛt ər nɪx; English ˈmɛt ər nɪk /

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noun

Prince Kle·mens Wen·zel Ne·po·muk Lo·thar von

[kley-mens -ven-tsuhl -ney-paw-mook -loh-tahr fuhn, loh-tahr], /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən, loʊˈtɑr/, 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Metternich

Met·ter·nich·i·an, adjective

Words nearby Metternich

metrosexual, metrostaxis, metrostenosis, -metry, Metsys, Metternich, Metternich, Prince Clemens von, metteur en scène, Mettie, mettle, mettled

How to use Metternich in a sentence

And if Kerry pulls all this off, he's the Metternich of our times.
Why Would Assad Negotiate?|Michael Tomasky|September 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In his published Memoirs, the great Metternich observes that if he had never been born he never could have loved or hated.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
The tenor (p. 170) of his private conversation with Metternich and others was that he would rest content with what he had.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
Into this surcharged atmosphere came Metternich with his exaggerated statements about the great reactionary party in France.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

He has no house; he has not the favor of the palace like Metternich; nor, like Villele, the protection of a compact majority.
Z. Marcas|Honore de Balzac
It was the work of a special committee of the congress, presided over by Metternich; and, The German confederation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Metternich

Metternich

/ (German ˈmɛtərnɪç) /

noun

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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