English noun: Fontenoy | |||
1. | Fontenoy (act) a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland | ||
Synonyms | Battle of Fontenoy | ||
Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
Part meronym | War of the Austrian Succession | ||
Domain region | Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium | ||