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Agincourt

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A·gin·court  (jn-kôrt, -krt)
A village of northern France west-northwest of Arras. On October 25, 1415, Henry V of England decisively defeated a much larger French army here. The victory showed the effectiveness of troops equipped with longbows over heavily armored knights.
Agincourt [ˈædʒɪnˌkɔːt (French) aʒɛ̃kur]
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(Historical Terms) a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
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Noun1.AgincourtAgincourt - a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe


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Such of later years was the victory of Agincourt obtained by Harry the Fifth, or that of Narva won by Charles the Twelfth of Sweden.
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It is clear also in the charming songs of Thomas Campion, a physician who composed both words and music for several song-books, and in Michael Drayton, a voluminous poet and dramatist who is known to most readers only for his finely rugged patriotic ballad on the battle of Agincourt.
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