Metternich

[met-uh r-nikh; English met-er-nik]

noun

Prince Kle·mens Wen·zel Ne·po·muk Lo·thar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən, loʊˈtɑr/, 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.

Related formsMet·ter·nich·i·an, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of metternich

And if Kerry pulls all this off, he's the Metternich of our times.
Why Would Assad Negotiate?
Michael Tomasky
September 13, 2013

Historical Examples of metternich

I was just speaking of it to my friend here, Mr. Metternich Scribe.
Vivian Grey
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
The late Prince Metternich played well, but not brilliantly.
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
Charles Lever
We neither want advice from Metternich, nor battalions from Radetzky.
The Fortunes Of Glencore
Charles James Lever
I applied to Metternich about him, and, besides that, he is mine.
Tancred
Benjamin Disraeli
Your people have made me a real Metternich, a genuine Machiavelli.
The White Mice
Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for metternich

Metternich

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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