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Waterloo

noun

1 Waterloo

A town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat.

2 waterloo

A final crushing defeat.

3 Waterloo

The battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon.

synonym: Battle of Waterloo.


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