Radetzky

[rah-dets-kee]

noun

Count Jo·seph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/, 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.

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Rather like the way of life it celebrates, The Radetzky March hinges on trivia and bathos more than any real grand gesture.
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Stella Tillyard
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Historical Examples of radetzky

We neither want advice from Metternich, nor battalions from Radetzky.
The Fortunes Of Glencore
Charles James Lever
The box just opposite to them was Radetzky's, and was occupied by his adjutant.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)
Alexandre Dumas pre
Radetzky demanded an armistice, but his proposition was declined.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)
Alexandre Dumas pre
The success of Radetzky restored a measure of confidence in Austria.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson
Radetzky, approaching the Ticino at Pavia, found the passage unguarded.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878
C. A. Fyffe

British Dictionary definitions for radetzky

Radetzky

noun

Count Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf). 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal: served in the war against Sardinia (1848–9), winning brilliant victories at Custozza (1848) and Novara (1849): governor of Lombardy-Venetia in N Italy (1849-57)

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