Definitions for crécyˈkrɛs i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Cré•cyˈkrɛs i(n.)

or Cres•sy

  1. a village in N France, NNW of Reims: English victory over the French 1346.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Crecy, battle of Crecy(noun)

    the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Crécy

    a French village, 12 m. NE. of Abbeville, where Edward III., with 30,000, defeated the French with 68,000, and destroyed the flower of the chivalry of France, Aug. 26, 1346.


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