noun
1. a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805
• Members of this Region: ↑battle of Austerlitz
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Czech Republic
2. a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II
• Syn: ↑battle of Austerlitz
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
• Part Holonyms: ↑Napoleonic Wars
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/aw"steuhr lits/; Ger. /ows"teuhrdd lits/, n.
a town in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: Russian and Austrian armies defeated by Napoleon I 1805. Czech, Slavkov.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.