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BATTLE OF MINDEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
Synonyms:
battle of Minden; Minden
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 ("battle of Minden" 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)
