Metternich

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

noun

1. Prince Kle·mens Wen·zel Ne·po·muk Lo·thar von [prins, , kley, -mens , ven, -ts, uh, l , ney, -paw-m, oo, k , loh, -tahr f, uh, n, loh-, tahr], 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.

Metternich

/ ˈmɛtərnɪç /

noun

1. MetternichKlemens17731859MAustrianPOLITICS: statesman 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

Other Words From

• Met·ter·nich·i·an adjective

Example Sentences

And if Kerry pulls all this off, he's the Metternich of our times.

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In his published Memoirs, the great Metternich observes that if he had never been born he never could have loved or hated.

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The tenor (p. 170) of his private conversation with Metternich and others was that he would rest content with what he had.

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Into this surcharged atmosphere came Metternich with his exaggerated statements about the great reactionary party in France.

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He has no house; he has not the favor of the palace like Metternich; nor, like Villele, the protection of a compact majority.

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It was the work of a special committee of the congress, presided over by Metternich; and, The German confederation.

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