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blucher

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blu·cher  (blchr, -kr)
n.
1. A high shoe or half boot.
2. A shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and the quarters lapping over the vamp.
[After Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.]
blucher [ˈbluːkə -tʃə]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) Obsolete a high shoe with laces over the tongue
[named after Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian field marshal, who commanded the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)]
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Noun1.Blucher - Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, von Blucher
full general, general - a general officer of the highest rank
2.blucherblucher - a high shoe with laces over the tongue
shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material


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They could exchange their views concerning the Duke of Wellington, whose conduct in the Catholic Question had thrown such an entirely new light on his character; and speak slightingly of his conduct at the battle of Waterloo, which he would never have won if there hadn't been a great many Englishmen at his back, not to speak of Blucher and the Prussians, who, as Mr.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
I don't believe he would have gone away, if Blucher had not happened to break his chain and come running round on the gravel-- for I was in the garden; so I said, `You'd better go away--the dog is very fierce, and I can't hold him.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
As he spoke he came in among them for shelter, and propped his spade against the wall of the chalet, kicking the soil from his hobnailed blucher boots, which were new.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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