Definitions of Waterloo [ˈwɔ tərˌlu, ˈwɒt ər-, ˌwɔ tərˈlu, ˌwɒt ər-]

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Definition of 'Waterloo'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Waterloo
a village in central Belgium, S of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.

2.  Waterloo
any decisive or crushing defeat.n

3.  Waterloo
a city in NE central Iowa. 68,050.

4.  Waterloo
a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada. 58,718.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Waterloo
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

2. (noun) waterloo
a final crushing defeat
"he met his waterloo"

3. (noun) Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo
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

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Waterloo
a village 11 m. S. of Brussels, which gives name to a battle in which the French under Napoleon were defeated by an army under Wellington on June 18, 1815.

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