Blucher Definition

blo͝ochər, -kər
noun
A heavy half boot.
Webster's New World
A kind of shoe in which the upper laps over the vamp, which is of one piece with the tongue.
Webster's New World

(historical) A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.

Wiktionary
A sturdy laced leather half-boot.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • gebhard leberecht von blücher
  • G. L. von Blucher
  • von Blucher

Other Word Forms of Blucher

Noun

Singular:
blucher
Plural:
bluchers

Origin of Blucher

  • Named from Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), a Prussian general.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Blucher Sentence Examples

  • It has a Roman Catholic and an Evangelical church, and a statue of Blucher.

  • Here Blucher crossed the Rhine with the Prussian and Russian armies, on New Year's night 1813-1814, in pursuit of the French.

  • To meet the impending blow the Prussians had been extended in a cordon along the great road leading from Mainz to Dresden, Blucher was at Erfurt, Riichel at Gotha, Hohenlohe at Weimar, Saxons in Dresden, with outposts along the frontier.

  • Even then the day might have been saved had Blucher been able to find even twenty squadrons accustomed to gallop together, but the Prussian cavalry had been dispersed amongst the infantry commands, and at the critical moment it proved impossible for them to deliver a united and decisive attack.

  • Only Blucher now remained in the field, and he too was driven at length into Lubeck with his back to the sea.

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