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WATERLOO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Battle of Waterloo; Waterloo
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:
Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Holonyms ("Waterloo" is a part of...):
Napoleonic Wars (a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A final crushing defeat
Example:
he met his waterloo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("waterloo" is a kind of...):
defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Waterloo" is a part of...):
Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Context examples:
Here is the account: Between nine and ten last night Police-Constable Cook, of the H Division, on duty near Waterloo Bridge, heard a cry for help and a splash in the water.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
No, thank you, I had some supper at Waterloo, but I’ll smoke a pipe with you with pleasure.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I started from home before six, reached Leatherhead at twenty past, and came in by the first train to Waterloo.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr. Phelps can have the spare bedroom to-night, and I will be with you in time for breakfast, for there is a train which will take me into Waterloo at eight.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At Waterloo we were fortunate in catching a train for Leatherhead, where we hired a trap at the station inn and drove for four or five miles through the lovely Surrey lanes.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By train from Waterloo.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is conjectured that he may have been hurrying down to catch the last train from Waterloo Station, and that in his haste and the extreme darkness he missed his path and walked over the edge of one of the small landing-places for river steamboats.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And now, Watson, this is too serious for dawdling, especially as the old man is aware that we are interesting ourselves in his affairs; so if you are ready, we shall call a cab and drive to Waterloo.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
