blu·cher

(blo͞o′chər, -kər)

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.]

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blucher

(ˈbluːkə; -tʃə)

(Clothing & Fashion) obsolete a high shoe with laces over the tongue

[C19: named after Field Marshal Blücher]

Blücher

(German ˈblyçər)

(Biography) Gebhard Leberecht von (ˈɡɛphart ˈleːbərɛçt fɔn). 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal, who commanded the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)

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blu•cher

(ˈblu kər, -tʃər)

n.

a shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and overlapped by the quarters, which lace across the instep.

[1825–35; after German. Latin. von Blücher]

Blü•cher

(ˈblu kər, -tʃər)

n.

Geb•hart Le•be•recht von (ˈgɛp hɑrt ˈleɪ bəˌrɛxt fən) 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	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.	blucher - 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.

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Kellerman's charge at Marengo, Blucher's arrival at Waterloo, Louis XIV.'s disdain for Prince Eugene, the rector of Denain,--all these great causes of fortune or catastrophe history has recorded; but no one ever profits by them to avoid the small neglects of their own life.

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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.' Do you really know anything of such a man?"

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Vail arrived very much as Blucher did at the battle of Waterloo--a trifle late, but in time to prevent the telephone forces from being routed by the Old Guard of the Western Union.

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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.

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He was, altogether, as roystering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four feet six, or something less, in the bluchers.

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Then the sleepless Boots went shirking round from door to door, gathering up at each the Bluchers, Wellingtons, Oxonians, which stood outside.

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'That was a game, wasn't it?' said one of the gentlemen, in a brown coat and brass buttons, inky drabs, and bluchers, at the conclusion of some inaudible relation of his previous evening's adventures.

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1815: The Battle of Waterloo was fought, where combined forces led by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian Field Marshal Blucher defeated Napoleon.

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