ROSSBACH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria

Synonyms:

battle of Rossbach; Rossbach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Holonyms ("Rossbach" is a part of...):

Seven Years' War (a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it)