Wallenstein

[ wol-uhn-stahyn; for 1 also German vahl-uhn-shtahyn ]

/ ˈwɒl ənˌstaɪn; for 1 also German ˈvɑl ənˌʃtaɪn /

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noun

Also Waldstein. Al·brecht Wen·zel Eu·se·bi·us von

[ahl-brekht -ven-tsuhl oi-zey-bee-oos fuhn], /ˈɑl brɛxt ˈvɛn tsəl ɔɪˈzeɪ biˌʊs fən/, Duke of Fried·land

[freed-land, -luhnd; German freet-lahnt], /ˈfridˌlænd, -lənd; German ˈfritˌlɑnt/, 1583–1634, Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War, born in Bohemia.

Alfred, 1898–1983, U.S. cellist and conductor.

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How to use Wallenstein in a sentence

It was in this war that Europe first became familiar with the great name of Wallenstein.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
Meanwhile Wallenstein was again arousing the suspicions of his nominal allies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
Wallenstein followed, and the two armies faced each other at Ltzen on the 16th of November 1632.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
Such a demand would have been deemed arrogant in Wallenstein, amid the successes of Gustavus Adolphus.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord

This was Count Wallenstein, an experienced officer, and the richest nobleman in Bohemia.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for Wallenstein

Wallenstein

Waldstein

/ (German ˈvalənʃtain) /

noun

Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von (ˈalbrɛçt ˈvɛntsəl ɔyˈzeːbiʊs fɔn), duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg, prince of Sagan. 1583–1634, German general and statesman, born in Bohemia. As leader of the Hapsburg forces in the Thirty Years' War he won many successes until his defeat at Lützen (1632) by Gustavus Adolphus

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